Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#36
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 164729000
British Columbia
Kamloops
Meeting of the waters in Secwepemc country
Kamloops in brief
Kamloops takes its name from a Secwepemctsin phrase for meeting of the waters, where the North and South Thompson rivers join. David Stuart wintered with Secwepemc people in 1811; Alexander Ross and the North West Company soon planted rival posts that later merged under the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Kamloops.
The Canadian Pacific Railway ran through downtown in 1886, Canadian National followed, and the city incorporated in 1893. It remains the commercial heart of Thompson Country, with Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park keeping the older story in view.
Drawn from Wikipedia, Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park.
Permits, tax, radon & more for Kamloops
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#116
City Score rank
11%
City Score
5
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Kamloops
Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.
Composite · OpenStats
OpenStats City Score
OpenStats
Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.
Single edition · 2026
#116
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.114
Only one published edition places Kamloops in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Health · OpenStats
OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon
OpenStats
Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.
Single edition · 2026
#22
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 135.3
Only one published edition places Kamloops in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
Maclean's Best Communities
Maclean's
Successor-style municipal livability ranking published by Maclean's for 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 edition).
Single edition · 2021
#37
Published · 2021 · of 415
Only one published edition places Kamloops in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#237
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Worth knowing in Kamloops
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
Kamloops is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake.
The city is a commercial centre for, and largest city within, Thompson Country, a region of the British Columbia Interior.
Kamloops means meeting of the waters in the Secwepemctsín language, referring to the junction of the North and South Thompson rivers.
Places to see
Secwépemc Museum and Heritage Park
A museum and reconstructed village interpreting Secwépemc culture at the confluence of the North and South Thompson rivers.
