Okanagan Lake West--South Kelowna

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 59023 · British Columbia

Current Member of Parliament

Conservative

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

106,795

2021 count

Median household income

$89,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age47.2

Average age45.2

Average household size2.4

Aged 0–1414.4%

Aged 15–6461.2%

Aged 65 and over24.3%

Aged 85 and over2.5%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$89,000

Average household income$114,800

Median individual income$42,800

Low income (LIM-AT)8.5%

Low income (LICO-AT)3.4%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate56.1%

Unemployment rate7.9%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)60.9%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree11.6%

High school diploma or equivalent29.9%

Any postsecondary credential58.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%

Housing

Owner households77.6%

Renter households22.2%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter17.2%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter43.6%

Owners in core housing need4.0%

Renters in core housing need18.6%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,400

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,440

Median dwelling value$800,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house59.5%

Semi-detached house4.4%

Row house4.1%

Apartment in a duplex6.9%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys16.9%

Apartment, five storeys or more1.2%

Language

Knows English only92.4%

Knows French only0.0%

Knows both official languages7.2%

Knows neither official language0.4%

Mother tongue English86.7%

Mother tongue French1.5%

Mother tongue neither English nor French10.1%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants13.7%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20211.4%

Non-permanent residents1.2%

Indigenous identity5.9%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van87.9%

Public transit2.1%

Walking5.5%

Bicycle1.4%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results