Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee Explained

Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
Province:	British Columbia
Fed-Status:	new
Fed-Created:	2023
Fed-Election-First:	Next federal election
Demo-Census-Date:	2021
Demo-Pop:	108,606
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Cd:	Columbia-Shuswap, Central Kootenay, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan
Demo-Csd:	Okanagan (Part) 1, Central Kootenay H, Central Kootenay K, Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton, Slocan, Central Okanagan East, Central Okanagan West, Lake Country, Duck Lake 7, North Okanagan B, North Okanagan C, North Okanagan D, North Okanagan E, Coldstream, Spallumcheen, Vernon, Lumby, Harris 3, Okanagan (Part) 1, Priest's Valley 6

Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is a future federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will largely replace North Okanagan—Shuswap.^[2]

• Gains the Fintry area from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola
• Gains the District Municipality of Lake Country, the Indian Reserve of Duck Lake 7, and the Central Okanagan regional district electoral area north of Highway 33 from Kelowna—Lake Country
• Gains the regional district electoral area of Central Kootenay H and the remainder of Central Kootenay K, plus Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton and Slocan from South Okanagan—West Kootenay
• Loses the northern half of Spallumcheen, the municipalities of Armstrong, Chase, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, the regional district electoral areas of Columbia Shuswap C, Columbia Shuswap D, Columbia Shuswap E, Columbia Shuswap F, North Okanagan F, the remainder of Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands), the remainder of Thompson-Nicola P (Rivers and the Peaks), and the Indian Reserves Chum Creek 2, Enderby 2, Hustalen 1, Neskonlith, North Bay 5, Okanagan (Part) 1, Quaaout 1, Sahhaltkum 4, Salmon River 1, Scotch Creek 4, Stequmwhulpa 5, Switsemalph and Switsemalph 3 to Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies and Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Languages: 89.9% English, 2.3% German, 1.7% French

Religions: 57.5% No religion, 39.2% Christian (10.0% Catholic, 4.6% United Church, 3.4% Anglican, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 16.5% Other)

Median income: $39,200 (2020)

Average income: $50,760 (2020)

Panethnic group! colspan="2"

2021
European	92,270
Indigenous	7,940
South Asian	1,810
East Asian	1,695
Southeast Asian	1,210
African	540
Latin American	395
Middle Eastern	305
Other/multiracial	300
Total responses	106,475
Total population	108,625

Electoral results

2021 federal election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
			24,843	43.83
			12,308	21.71
			11,207	19.77
			5,391	9.51
			2,937	5.18

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee – Final boundaries. 4 May 2024. Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution.
2. Web site: McIntyre . Pete . Greater Vernon and Lake Country part of new federal riding . 2024-04-23 . Vernon Matters . en.
3. Web site: Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Vernon--Lake Country--Monashee [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], British Columbia]. 4 May 2024. Statistics Canada.
4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.