Vernon | |
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City | |
The Corporation of the City of Vernon | |
![]() Downtown Vernon in 2011 | |
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Coordinates: 50°16′00″N 119°16′18″W / 50.26667°N 119.27167°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Regional District | North Okanagan |
Incorporated | 30 December 1892 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Victor Cumming |
• Governing Body | Vernon City Council |
• MP | Mel Arnold |
• MLA | Harwinder Sandhu |
Area | |
• City | 95.76 km2 (36.97 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,040.82 km2 (401.86 sq mi) |
Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
Population (2021) | |
• City | 44,519 |
• Density | 461.7/km2 (1,196/sq mi) |
• Urban | 51,896 |
• Metro | 67,086 |
• Metro density | 64.4/km2 (167/sq mi) |
Population counts are taken from the 2021 Canadian census.[1] | |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
Forward sortation area | |
Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Website | vernon |
Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 40,000 (2013), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, had a population of 58,584 as of the 2011 Canadian census.[2] With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite".