KELOWNA – Signs of growth in the Okanagan’s largest city are everywhere but now Kelowna has been ranked as the fast-growing city in all of B.C. That according to Statistics Canada with estimates based on the time frame between July 2013 to June 2014.
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Kelowna’s population growth is at 1.8 per cent; which ranks it the fifth fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country behind Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina.
At 3.6 per cent, Calgary saw the faster-growing rate in Canada. The national average is 1.4 percent.
Vancouver is the only other B.C. city that placed in the top 10 of fastest-growing cities in Canada by coming in ninth.
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