Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
British Columbia electoral district
	Interactive map of riding boundaries. Point indicates the city of Kamloops.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)	111,707
Electors (2025)	88,539
Area (km²)	49,560
Census division(s)	Squamish-Lillooet, Thompson-Nicola
Census subdivision(s)	Kamloops (part), Merritt, Kamloops, Clearwater, Lillooet, Logan Lake, Barriere, Ashcroft, Sun Peaks Mountain, Cache Creek

Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will replace Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.^[3]

Gains Logan Lake, Merritt, the regional district electoral areas of Thompson-Nicola M (Beautiful Nicola Valley – North) and Thompson-Nicola N (Beautiful Nicola Valley – South), and the Indian Reserves of Coldwater 1, Douglas Lake 3, Joeyaska 2, Nicola Lake 1, Nicola Mameet 1, Nooaitch 10, Paul's Basin 2 and Zoht 4 from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola.
Gains the regional district electoral areas of Squamish-Lillooet A, Squamish-Lillooet B, Thompson-Nicola I (Blue Sky Country) and all enclosed municipalities and Indian Reserves from Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon.
Loses the southeastern third of Kamloops and the remainder of Thompson-Nicola L (Grasslands) to Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 90.5% English, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.3% French

Religions: 60.7% No religion, 33.2% Christian (10.7% Catholic, 3.7% United Church, 3.5% Anglican, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist, 12.9% Other), 1.9% Sikh

Median income: $39,200 (2020)

Average income: $49,920 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola (2021)
Panethnic group	2021
Panethnic group	Pop.	%
European^[a]	80,600	74.95%
Indigenous	17,525	16.3%
South Asian	4,115	3.83%
East Asian^[b]	2,120	1.97%
Southeast Asian^[c]	1,325	1.23%
African	905	0.84%
Latin American	390	0.36%
Middle Eastern^[d]	255	0.24%
Other/multiracial^[e]	310	0.29%
Total responses	107,540	96.28%
Total population	111,690	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola Riding created from Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, and North Okanagan—Shuswap
45th	2025–present		Frank Caputo	Conservative

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Frank Caputo	32,007	51.54	+8.04
	Liberal	Iain Currie	24,956	40.19	+22.49
	New Democratic	Miguel Godau	3,684	5.93	–22.63
	Green	Jenna Lindley	933	1.50	–2.26
	People's	Chris Enns	516	0.83	–5.14
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			62,096	69.58
Eligible voters			89,245
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–7.23
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,448	43.50
	New Democratic	16,049	28.56
	Liberal	9,945	17.70
	People's	3,354	5.97
	Green	2,113	3.76
	Others	292	0.52

References

^ ^a ^b "Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ McIntyre, Pete. "Greater Vernon and Lake Country part of new federal riding". Vernon Matters. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
^ "Changes proposed for new Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola riding". The Williams Lake Tribune. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kamloops--Thompson--Nicola [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], British Columbia". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.