Okanagan Desert, Semi-arid shrubland in South Okanagan Valley, Canada.

The Okanagan Desert is a semi-arid shrubland centred on Osoyoos in southern British Columbia, the only one of its kind in Canada. It is dominated by antelope brush and common rabbitbrush, with arrowleaf balsamroot, bitterroot and brittle pricklypear among the flowering plants. The Osoyoos Indian Band calls part of this ecosystem the Nk'mip Desert.

Following the gold discoveries of the 1850s, the land transformed into farmland with fruit orchards becoming a commercial enterprise in the early 20th century. This shift made agriculture the main activity shaping the southern valley for many decades.

The Osoyoos Indian Band operates the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, where visitors encounter performances and exhibitions about Indigenous history and traditions. This place shows how the First Nations have shaped the land and remain connected to it today.

The Osoyoos Desert Centre invites exploration via an elevated boardwalk that runs about 1.5 kilometers through the landscape, letting visitors observe local plants and animals. The path is easy to walk and takes a reasonable amount of time to complete.

The Okanagan Desert is not technically a desert, as it is not fully arid. Its antelope-brush shrub-steppe holds 30% of British Columbia's Red-listed and 46% of its Blue-listed vertebrates, and the region was the subject of a 1999 National Film Board documentary, Pocket Desert – Confessions of a Snake Killer.