Sun Peaks, British Columbia

Sun Peaks is a village in British Columbia, Canada. It was incorporated on June 28, 2010.^[2] It is built around Sun Peaks Resort. It is located 55 kilometres (34 mi) northeast of Kamloops and 410 km (250 mi) from Vancouver. The village has a resident population of 1,404^[3] people, with more than 900 additional non-resident property owners.^[4]

Sun Peaks
Mountain resort municipality
Sun Peaks, Mountain Resort village[1]
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Coordinates: 50.8844°N 119.8858°W / 50.8844; -119.8858
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Thompson-Nicola
Incorporated	June 28, 2010
Government
• Mayor	Al Raine
Area
• Total	40.86 km2 (15.78 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	616
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
Postal Code	V0E 5N0
Website	sunpeaksmunicipality.ca

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sun Peaks Mountain had a population of 1,404 living in 622 of its 1,506 total private dwellings, a change of 127.9% from its 2016 population of 616. With a land area of 40.85 km² (15.77 sq mi), it had a population density of 34.4/km² (89.0/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Sun Peaks included:^[5]

• Irreligion (960 persons or 69.6%)
• Christianity (370 persons or 26.8%)

See also

• Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia, once incorporated as a mountain resort municipality
• List of communities in British Columbia
• List of municipalities in British Columbia