Sun Peaks is a
mountain resort municipality in
British Columbia,
Canada. It was incorporated on June 28, 2010. It is built around
Sun Peaks Resort
Sun Peaks Resort is an alpine ski resort located in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, Canada, northeast of Kamloops.
The summit of the ski area is at an elevation of , with an vertical rise from the base of the peak. The resort has of skiable te ...
. It is located 55 kilometers northeast of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...
and 410 kilometers from
Vancouver. The municipality has a resident population of 1,404
people, with more than 900 additional non-resident property owners.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Sun Peaks Mountain had a population of 1,404 living in 622 of its 1,506 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 616. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
See also
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Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia, once incorporated as a mountain resort municipality
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List of communities in British Columbia
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List of municipalities in British Columbia
References
External links
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Mountain resort municipalities in British Columbia
Populated places in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District
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