Lake Country is a district municipality with a population of approximately 15,000 in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the Central Okanagan Regional District, and of the Kelowna metropolitan area. The city of Kelowna lies to the south, while the city of Vernon lies to the north. As its name suggests, there are a number of lakes in the vicinity of Lake Country, and outside the municipal boundaries in the hills to the east. Okanagan Lake defines the western boundary of the municipality, while the entirety of Wood Lake and the southernmost portion of Kalamalka Lake are encompassed by it. Lake Country was incorporated in 1995. The previously unincorporated communities of Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Oyama, and Carr's Landing were united to form the new municipality, and they remain as separate wards within it. In the municipal government, one councillor is drawn from each of these wards, while the mayor and two additional councillors are elected by the people at large. Wards Lake Country is the only municipality in the province of British Columbia to have the ward system. The four wards of Lake Country are: Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Lake Country had a population of 15,817 living in 6,204 of its 6,852 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,922. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Statistics Canada 2006 census: Age Median Age: 43.2 Aged 15 and Over: 83.4% Immigration Canadian Born: 8360 (87.6%) Immigrated pre-1991: 950 (10.0%) Immigrated 1991–2006: 225 (2.4%) Income Average Earnings: $24,654 (employed – 6,150 people) Average Earnings: $40,040 (employed full-time, year-round – 2,975 people) Median Income, Persons Aged 15 and Over: $25,477 (7,650 people) Ethnicity Aboriginals & Visible Minorities (2006 census) Aboriginal: 290 (3.0%) South Asian: 115 (1.2%) Japanese: 75 (0.8%) West Asian: 60 (0.6%) Chinese: 35 (0.4%) Black: 15 (0.2%) Latin American: 15 (0.2%) Filipino: 10 (0.1%) Other: 30 (0.7%) Religion According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Lake Country included: Irreligion (9,080 persons or 58.1%) Christianity (6,060 persons or 38.8%) Sikhism (170 persons or 1.1%) Hinduism (55 persons or 0.4%) Buddhism (35 persons or 0.2%) Islam (35 persons or 0.2%) Judaism (25 persons or 0.2%) Other (155 persons or 1.0%) According to the 2001 Canadian census, religious groups in Lake Country included: No religion: 3,585 (38.7%) Protestant: