Fast Facts

A Swift Overview of Kimberley

• Located in the Kootenay Rockies region of southeast British Columbia, settled on the slopes of the Purcell Mountains with views to the east of the Rocky Mountains.
• Three professional golf courses within city limits. Kimberley is also located within 2.5 hours of 20 additional courses.
• A three minute drive to Kimberley Alpine Resort, which lies within city limits and offers over 80 runs, 2,465ft/751m vertical and over 1,800 hectares/729 acres of terrain. Seven additional ski resorts are within 2.5 hour drive.
• Elevation: 3,663 ft / 1,110 metres.
• Adjacent to the St. Mary River, a popular fishing, canoeing, kayaking, rafting location.
• Population: 7,049 (according to 2005 B.C. Stats).
• Median age of residents: 44.3 years.
• 25 minutes from Cranbrook (pop. 20,000), the largest city in the Kootenays.
• 20 minutes from the Canadian Rockies International Airport (Cranbook Airport), with multiple daily flights to Vancouver and Calgary International Airports.One hour drive to the US border, and a four hour drive to Calgary, Alberta.
• 215.6 days or 2,152 hours of sunshine annually.
• An average winter snowfall is 500cm / 197 in.
• An average January temperature of – 7.5 C / 19 F.
• An average July temperature of 26 C / 78 F.
• An annual rainfall of 265 mm.