UBCO preparing for growth over the next 20 years Words by Samantha McCabe, Yuhan Zheng and Gaelan Emo · 8 years, 11 months ago UBC’s Okanagan campus is putting a plan in action to expand academic and residential facilities to cover the next 20 years of growth — preparing for the potential doubling of its population. UBCO currently has a population of around 8,500.