Sun Peaks, British Columbia

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Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks, Mountain Resort village [1]
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Sun Peaks
Coordinates: 50°53′04″N119°53′09″W / 50.8844°N 119.8858°W / 50.8844; -119.8858
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Regional district Thompson-Nicola
IncorporatedJune 28, 2010
Government
  MayorAl Raine
Area
  Total40.86 km2 (15.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total616
  Density9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
Postal Code
V0E 5N0
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Sun Peaks is a village in British Columbia, Canada. It was incorporated on June 28, 2010. [2] It is built around Sun Peaks Resort. It is located 55 kilometers northeast of Kamloops and 410 kilometers from Vancouver. The village has a resident population of 1,404 [3] people, with more than 900 additional non-resident property owners. [4]

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sun Peaks Mountain had a population of 1,404 living in 622 of its 1,506 total private dwellings, a change of

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Sun Peaks included: [5]

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References

  1. "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. "Sun Peaks is Canada's newest municipality".
  3. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  4. "Sun Peaks set to become B.C.'s first mountain resort municipality". Vancouver Sun. June 25, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-12.