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| We hope this municipal web site provides useful and timely information for local viewers and some interesting insight into our community for out of town visitors. The purpose of this site is primarily to supply information about services provided by the Town of Oliver. For additional community information, please visit our contacts page or one of the following featured links:
| Chamber of Commerce - Community events
- Tourist information
- Business directory
| Parks and Recreation - Pool, arena, parks
- Hall rentals
- Recreation programs
| 2010 Winter Games Secretariat
 | Oliver is located near the south end of the Okanagan Valley, in south-central British Columbia. Just 25 km north of the USA border, Oliver sits in the only desert area of Canada. The attractive climate fosters popular tourist activities including summer water sports, golf and sight-seeing. Oliver is an ideal setting for growing Okanagan wine grapes and producing among the best rated wines in the world! Of course, its mild weather year-round, also makes Oliver a great place to live for local residents.
| Put your mouse over the pop-out menu in the left margin to directly access most pages of this site. Some quick links to our most popular pages are listed below:
The pages under "Our Community" provide information on the people of Oliver, including demographic information. You can read about Oliver's history and local economy, including tourism, manufacturing, fruit, grape and wine production. Links are provided to let you learn more about tourism opportunities, including Oliver's nearby golf courses and thriving local grape and wine industries. Did you know that besides local wineries, grapes grown in Oliver are used by many other wineries in the Okanagan Valley? Oliver truly is the heart of British Columbia's Desert Wine Country and is considered to be the Wine Capital of Canada. The Local Government section includes information on how local government works, and access to an archive of minutes, bylaws and other documents in a convenient, searchable format. The other sections, Town Hall, Development, Parks and Recreation and Public Works include a wide range of information on local government services provided in the Town of Oliver. |
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