Spallumcheen

The name is derived from a Shuswap language word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, spalmtsin, which has an Okanagan language cognate spelemtsin, means "flat area along edge". Other variations include Spellmacheen and Spallamcheen, which were the original names used for the Shuswap River, which exits the Shuswap Highland in this area and heads north to Mara and Shuswap Lakes. The same word is the source of the name of the Spillimacheen River and the settlement of the same name in the Columbia Valley. == Demographics ==

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Spallumcheen had a population of 5,307 living in 2,036 of its 2,099 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,106. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Ethnicity Religion According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Spallumcheen included: • Irreligion (2,925 persons or 55.1%) • Christianity (2,315 persons or 43.6%) • Catholic (345 persons or 6.5%) • United Church (215 persons or 4.1%) • Baptist (135 persons or 2.5%) • Reformed (110 persons or 2.1%) • Anabaptist (65 persons or 1.2%) • Lutheran (65 persons or 1.2%) • Other Christian (1,380 persons or 26.0%) • Other (50 persons or 0.9%) ==See also==