Vernon

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Vernon

Total population

44,519

Founded

1892

Air quality index

20Good

Elevation380 m

Land area95.76 km²

Coordinates50.27°, -119.27°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vernon is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is 440 km (270 mi) northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, Vernon was incorporated in 1892. Vernon has a population of 44,519 (2021), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, has a population of 67,086 as of the 2021 Canadian census. With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite."

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Daniel Powter

Canadian musician and singer

Andrew Ebbett

ice hockey player

Vasek Pospisil

Canadian tennis player

Eric Godard

Canadian ice hockey player

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Lawrence Daniel Huculak

Canadian Catholic prelate (born 1951)

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Rob Boyd

Canadian alpine skier

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Armin Hermann

German physicist and historian of science (1933–2024)

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Duane Dennis

Canadian ice hockey player

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Leonard Marchand

Canadian politician (1933-2016)

Eric Brewer

Canadian ice hockey player

Ken Holland

Canadian ice hockey player

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Jason Podollan

Canadian ice hockey player

Jerred Smithson

Canadian ice hockey player

Lanny Gare

Canadian-German ice hockey player

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David Morelli

Canadian ice hockey player

Larry Kwong

Canadian ice hockey player (1923–2018)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Okanagan 1
  6 mi away
• Lavington
  7.6 mi away
• Silver Star Mountain Resort
  11.1 mi away · pop. 98
• Oyama
  11.7 mi away
• Fintry
  13.7 mi away
• Falkland
  20.5 mi away
• Grindrod
  25.7 mi away
• Cherryville
  28.9 mi away
• Sunnybrae
  35 mi away
• Tappen
  35.8 mi away
• Swansea Point
  36.5 mi away
• Pritchard
  38.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Vernon

Vernon, British Columbia

Theresa Gabriel · 1958

Flow Control Program, Coldstream Ranch Well, Vernon, British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1967

Flow control program, Coldstream Ranch well, Vernon, British Columbia

John Stanley Scott · 1968

British Columbia mine reclamation symposium, Vernon, British Columbia, June 1-3, 1988, proceedings of the 12th

Reclamation of lands disturbed by mining

British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium Vernon, B.C. 1978. · 1978

Kamloops, Revelstoke/Vernon, British Columbia City Map: Including Merritt, Salmon Arm, Regional Map

Rand McNally · 1998

Facts about Vernon

Vernon, British Columbia. Board of Trade. · 1906

Expanding horizons of forest ecosystem management

Habitat Futures Workshop (3rd 1992 Vernon, B.C.) · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Omak Lake Road Wildfire, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-06-16 · 138 mi
• Kartar Wildfire, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-06-16 · 139 mi
• CHESTNUT Wildfire, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-06-06 · 174 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Gallery

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