Salmon Arm

Featured view

Salmon Arm

Total population

17,464

Coordinates50.70°, -119.28°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 19,432 (2021). Salmon Arm was incorporated as a municipal district on May 15, 2005. The city of Salmon Arm separated from the district in 1912, but was downgraded to a village in 1958. The city of Salmon Arm once again reunited with the District Municipality in 1970. Salmon Arm once again became a city in 2005, and is now the location of the head offices of the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District. It is a tourist town in the summer, connected to all 4 arms of Shuswap Lake, with many beaches, numerous golf courses, camping facilities, and house boat rentals. Salmon Arm is home to the longest wooden freshwater wharf in North America.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Official Identifiers