Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

British Columbia electoral district
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from the 2015 federal election to 2025 Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola from the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries. Point indicates the city of Kamloops.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	111,707
Electors (2025)	88,539
Area (km²)	49,560
Census division(s)	Squamish-Lillooet, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivision(s)	Kamloops (part), Merritt, Kamloops, Clearwater, Lillooet, Logan Lake, Barriere, Ashcroft, Sun Peaks Mountain, Cache Creek

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will replace Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.^[3]

• Gains Logan Lake, Merritt, the regional district electoral areas of Thompson-Nicola M (Beautiful Nicola Valley – North) and Thompson-Nicola N (Beautiful Nicola Valley – South), and the Indian Reserves of Coldwater 1, Douglas Lake 3, Joeyaska 2, Nicola Lake 1, Nicola Mameet 1, Nooaitch 10, Paul's Basin 2 and Zoht 4 from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.
• Gains the regional district electoral areas of Squamish-Lillooet A, Squamish-Lillooet B, Thompson-Nicola I (Blue Sky Country) and all enclosed municipalities and Indian Reserves from Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.
• Loses the southeastern third of Kamloops and the remainder of Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands) to Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 90.5% English, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.3% French

Religions: 60.7% No religion, 33.2% Christian (10.7% Catholic, 3.7% United Church, 3.5% Anglican, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist, 12.9% Other), 1.9% Sikh

Median income: $39,200 (2020)

Average income: $49,920 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	80,600	74.95%
Indigenous	17,525	16.3%
South Asian	4,115	3.83%
East Asian[b]	2,120	1.97%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,325	1.23%
African	905	0.84%
Latin American	390	0.36%
Middle Eastern[d]	255	0.24%
Other/multiracial[e]	310	0.29%
Total responses	107,540	96.28%
Total population	111,690	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Riding created from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, and North Okanagan—Shuswap
45th	2025–present		Frank Caputo	Conservative

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frank Caputo	32,007	51.54	+8.04
	Liberal	Iain Currie	24,956	40.19	+22.49
	New Democratic	Miguel Godau	3,684	5.93	–22.63
	Green	Jenna Lindley	933	1.50	–2.26
	People's	Chris Enns	516	0.83	–5.14
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			62,096	69.58
Eligible voters			89,245
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–7.23
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,448	43.50
	New Democratic	16,049	28.56
	Liberal	9,945	17.70
	People's	3,354	5.97
	Green	2,113	3.76
	Others	292	0.52