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Salmon Arm

Shuswap fruit town after the CPR

Salmon Arm in brief

Once the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in September 1885, Salmon Arm grew from a lakeside outpost into a business street with stores, a school, and a hotel by the 1890s. Fruit harvests earned the young town a regional reputation, and citizens asked for formal local government in 1905.

It became a city in 1912, later shifted through village and district statuses, and reunited as a city again in 2005. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip even stopped by on a 1951 royal tour, a detail still good for a smile at the museum.

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#109
City Score rank
21%
City Score
1
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Salmon Arm

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Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

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Single edition · 2026

#109
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.205

Only one published edition places Salmon Arm in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

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Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#24
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 135.3

Only one published edition places Salmon Arm in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Salmon Arm

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  • Salmon Arm is a city in the Columbia Shuswap Regional District of the Southern Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia that has a population of 19,432 (2021).

    Wikipedia

  • Salmon Arm was incorporated as a municipal district on May 15, 2005.

    Wikipedia

  • The city of Salmon Arm separated from the district in 1912, but was downgraded to a village in 1958.

    Wikipedia

  • The city of Salmon Arm once again reunited with the District Municipality in 1970.

    Wikipedia

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