Greater Vernon is a conglomeration of municipalities centred on
Vernon,
British Columbia
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, which is a city in the
Okanagan
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region of
Canada
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. The metropolitan area includes Vernon itself, in addition to
Coldstream
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, as well as Coldstream's neighborhood of
Lavington. The Greater Vernon area is served by
School District 22 Vernon, which provides school services for children in the area. Its population was 67,086 at the
2021 census, a 5.7 percent increase from its population during the
2016 census, which was 61,324. 44,519 of those that live in Greater Vernon are based in Vernon.
References
{{Census metropolitan areas by size
Geographic regions of British Columbia
Vernon