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How would incorporation affect local services and decision-making in Okanagan Falls?

28 August 2024

The purpose of the Incorporation Study was to determine how incorporation would affect Okanagan Falls' services, representation (decision-making), and taxation.

A summary of impacts to local services is now available in this document: How would incorporation affect local services

This summary describes what local services Okanagan Falls residents currently receive and describes what local services would look like if the community incorporated into a municipality. The Incorporation Study looked at impacts to all local services in great detail - service sheets that describe each local service in depth can be found in the Services documents section on the right of the main project page.

A summary of how incorporation would affect local decision-making is now available in this document: How would incorporation affect decision-making

This document outlines how decisions are made currently with Okanagan Falls being part of Electoral Area "D" within the RDOS, and compares this with decision-making if Okanagan Falls were to incorporate into a municipality.

For information about how incorporation would affect local taxation, please refer to the Tax Information documents section on the right of the main project page.