Kelowna British Columbia is a beautiful city that sits within a valley on Okanagan Lake. The name Kelowna comes from the Indigenous syilx translation referring to a male grizzly bear. Known as ‘Kelownafornia’, this vacation destination is a small city that offers everything and more.
The city is a unique combination of urban and rural because you can travel from the downtown core to a beautiful hiking trail in just five minutes. Surrounded by mountains, Kelowna is simply a sanctuary filled with lakes, forests, orchards, beaches, vineyards, golf courses, ski hills and amazing people – including locals and lots of tourists! Known for its mild and short winters, flower-filled springs, its long and hot summers and its colourful falls, Kelowna is one of the most desirable cities to live in, in all of Canada. Kelowna is blessed with more than 2,000 sunshine hours annually with average summer temperatures sitting at 30 degrees.

The city of Kelowna is the biggest community within the Okanagan Valley with a population of more than 200,000 and to put into perspective just how many people enjoy Kelowna, the Kelowna International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the country with daily flights bringing tons of visitors from places like Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Seattle and more. Aside from the huge variety of outdoor activities available seasonally, Kelowna’s evolving Cultural District inthe downtown core offers art galleries, theatre, fine dining, museums, eventsand so much more.