Despite robust building statistics, the city’s population didn’t grow last year.
The latest numbers from B.C. Stats peg the city’s population at about 87,000 people, virtually unchanged from 2009.
Randy Lambright, community development supervisor at the City of Kamloops, questioned the numbers from B.C. Stats, which, unlike the federal census every five years, are not based on head counts. “I think it’s a bit misleading based on our building stats. We’ve had 500 to 600 units.”