Fast Facts About Kamloops, British Columbia

Population Data

Population - Close to 85,000 people

Growth Rate - 4.4%

Kamloops Old Courthouse

Climate Facts

Annual Hours of Sunshine - over 2,000 hours annually

Mean Maximum Temperature - 21 oC

Mean Minimum Temperature - (-4.2 oC)

Growing Season - 166 days

Annual Rainfall - 217.9 mm

Annual Snowfall - 75.5 cm

Elevation - 347 m (1,140 ft) (Thompson River Intake)

Major Employers

Royal Inland Hospital - 2117

School District #73 - 1784

Thompson Rivers University - 1270

Highland Valley Copper Mine - 1060

Domtar - 650

City of Kamloops - 630

Downtown Kamloops

Overlander Extended Care Hospital - 367

Walmart - 322

bclc - 310

Horizon North - 280

NRI - Distribution - 220

More Facts

Average Income - $56,188 CAD (2005)

Economic Drivers - tourism, agriculture, forestry, mining, manufacturing/retail, high tech

One of only two places in Canada where the two national railways (CP and CN) intersect in city limits

Hub of four major highways: HWY 5A, HWY 5 (Yellowhead), HWY 1 (Trans Canada), HWY 97

Time and Standard Days - Pacific Standard Time; Monday through Friday are standard workdays and Saturday and Sunday are the weekend.

City Area: 311 sq km (120 sq m)

Golf in Kamloops - Photo: Tyler Meade

Latitude: 50 41' 40" N

Longitude: 120 27' W

Location: 250 km (155 miles) north of US (Washington) border; 310 km (193 miles) northeast of Vancouver; 4,387 km (2,726 miles) west of Toronto

Housing Values - Median Residential Price = $379,000

Average 2 Bedroom Rental - $721 CAD / Month

Kamloops has 13 remarkable golf courses

Kamloops has 3 new golf courses - Talking Rock, Canoe Creek and Tobiano (named Score Golf Magazine's and Golf Digest's Best New Course in Canada for 2008)