Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna
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 British Columbia electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 106,794 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 88,663 | ||
| Area (km²) | 1,915 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 55.8 | ||
| Census division(s) | Central Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Kelowna (part), West Kelowna, Summerland, Tsinstikeptum, Peachland, Tsinstikeptum | ||
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Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created out of Kelowna—Lake Country and Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.[3]
It will consist of the southern third of Kelowna, plus the municipalities of Peachland, Summerland and West Kelowna, the Indian Reserves of Tsinstikeptum 9 and Tsinstikeptum 10, most of the Central Okanagan West regional district electoral area (excluding the Fintry area) and most of the Okanagan-Similkameen F regional district area (excluding the area south of Summerland).[1]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 88.2% English, 2.1% German, 1.9% French
Religions: 55.4% No religion, 41.2% Christian (12.8% Catholic, 4.4% United Church, 3.8% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.9% Lutheran, 16.3% Other),
Median income: $42,800 (2020)
Average income: $57,900 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 90,605 | 85.88% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 6,200 | 5.49% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 2,730 | 2.59% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 1,935 | 1.83% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[c] | 1,220 | 1.16% | ||||||||||||
| African | 890 | 0.84% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 750 | 0.71% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 490 | 0.46% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 540 | 0.51% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 105,500 | 98.79% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 106,795 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna Riding created from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola and Kelowna—Lake Country |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Dan Albas | Conservative | |
