Vernon
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city in British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Regional district
- North Okanagan
- Incorporated
- 30 December 1892
- Type
- Elected city council
- Mayor
- Victor Cumming
- Governing body
- Vernon City Council
- Mp
- Scott Anderson ( CPC )
- Mla
- Harwinder Sandhu ( BC NDP )
- City
- 95.76 km (36.97 sq mi)
- Metro
- 1,040.82 km (401.86 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 380 m (1,250 ft)
- Density
- 461.7/km (1,196/sq mi)
- Urban
- 51,896
- Metro density
- 64.4/km (167/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−07:00 (PDT)
- Forward sortation area
- V1B, V1H, V1T
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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