Greater Vernon

This article is about the Canadian metropolitan area. For city at the core of that metropolitan area, see Vernon, British Columbia.

Greater Vernon is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on Vernon, British Columbia, which is a city in the Okanagan region of Canada. The metropolitan area includes Vernon itself, in addition to Coldstream, as well as Coldstream's neighborhood of Lavington. The Greater Vernon area is served by School District 22 Vernon, which provides school services for children in the area.^[2] Its population was 67,086 at the 2021 census, a 5.7 percent increase from its population during the 2016 census, which was 61,324.^[3] 44,519 of those that live in Greater Vernon are based in Vernon.^[4]

Greater Vernon
Census Area
Downtown Vernon
Interactive map of Vernon, BC CA[1]   City of Vernon   Vernon, BC CA
Coordinates: 50°16′00″N 119°16′18″W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Largest city	Vernon
Other city	Coldstream
Area
• Total	1,041.09 km2 (401.97 sq mi)
Elevation	380 m (1,250 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Density	64.4/km2 (167/sq mi)
• CMA	67,086
• Rank	54
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	250, 778
Highways	6, 97, 97A
Waterways	Kalamalka Lake Okanagan Lake Swan Lake

References

1. The official census area (CA) also includes parts of North Okanagan RDA (North Okanagan B and North Okanagan C) which were not divided from North Okanagan by the OpenStreetMap application.
2. "Schools". School District 22 Vernon. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
3. "Population and dwelling counts: Census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and census subdivisions (municipalities)1". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
4. "Facts & Figures". Vernon. Retrieved December 23, 2012.