Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Points indicate the communities of Vernon and Lake Country, as well as Monashee Provincial Park. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 108,606 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 91,639 | ||
| Area (km²) | 14,658 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 7.4 | ||
| Census division(s) | Columbia-Shuswap, Central Kootenay, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Vernon, Lake Country, Coldstream, Spallumcheen (part), Okanagan, Lumby, Duck Lake, Nakusp, New Denver, Slocan | ||
Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
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.[1]
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 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 92,270 | 86.66% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 7,940 | 7.46% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 1,810 | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 1,695 | 1.59% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[c] | 1,210 | 1.14% | ||||||||||||
| African | 540 | 0.51% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 395 | 0.37% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 305 | 0.29% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 300 | 0.28% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 106,475 | 98.02% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 108,625 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee Riding created from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, Kelowna—Lake Country, North Okanagan—Shuswap, and South Okanagan—West Kootenay |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Scott Anderson | Conservative | |
