Kamloops

Kamloops

Tk'əmlúps^[1]
Kamloops Tk'əmlúps
City
	City of Kamloops
	Downtown Kamloops
	Flag Coat of arms Logo
	Motto(s): Salus et Opes (Health and Wealth)
	Kamloops Location of Kamloops in British Columbia Kamloops Kamloops (Canada)
	Coordinates: 50°40′33″N 120°20′22″W / 50.67583°N 120.33944°W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Thompson Country
Regional district	Thompson–Nicola
Founded	1811 (fur trading post)
Incorporated	1893
Amalgamated	1973
Government
• Type	Elected city council
• Mayor	Reid Hamer-Jackson
• Governing body	Kamloops City Council
• MP	Frank Caputo
• MLAs	Peter Milobar; Todd Stone
Area
• Land	299.25 km2 (115.54 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2021)
• City	97,902
• Metro	114,142
Demonym	Kamloopsian
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Forward sortation area	V1S, V2B – V2E, V2H
Area code(s)	250, 778, 236, 672
GNBC Code	JAFNW
NTS Map	92I9 Kamloops
Website	kamloops.ca

Kamloops (/ˈkæmluːps/ KAM-loops) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, whose district offices are based here. The surrounding region is sometimes referred to as the Thompson Country.

The city was incorporated in 1893 with about 500 residents. The Canadian Pacific Railroad was completed through downtown in 1886, and the Canadian National arrived in 1912, making Kamloops an important transportation hub.

With a 2021 population of 97,902, it is the twelfth largest municipality in the province.^[3] The Kamloops census agglomeration is ranked 36th among census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada with a 2021 population of 114,142.^[6]

Kamloops is promoted as the Tournament Capital of Canada. It hosts more than 100 sporting tournaments each year (hockey, baseball, curling, etc) at world-class sports facilities such as the Tournament Capital Centre, Kamloops Bike Ranch, and Tournament Capital Ranch. Logging, beef cattle, vegetable farming, transportation, viticulture, health care, tourism, and education are major contributing industries to the regional economy and have grown in recent years. Thompson Rivers University (~25,000 students) was established as Cariboo College in 1970.

^ Secwépemc, Tk’emlúps te. "Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc". Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Kamloops". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ Elevation at the airport
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^ ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Natural Resources Canada Mapping Services ^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Secwépemc, Tk’emlúps te. "Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc". Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[2] "Kamloops". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.

[2016StatCanCSDs-3] "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[4] Elevation at the airport

[cfs-5] Cite error: The named reference cfs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2016StatCanCAs-6] "Population and dwelling counts, for census agglomerations, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". Statistics Canada. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[maps-7] Natural Resources Canada Mapping Services ^{[permanent dead link]}

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