Sun Peaks is a
village
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in
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It was incorporated on June 28, 2010. It is built around
Sun Peaks Resort. It is located northeast of
Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...
and from
Vancouver
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. The village has a resident population of 1,404
people, with more than 900 additional non-resident property owners.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, 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.
Religion
According to the
2021 census, religious groups in Sun Peaks included:
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Irreligion
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(960 persons or 69.6%)
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Christianity
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(370 persons or 26.8%)
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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