Cowichan Valley Regional District

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Cowichan Valley
Regional district
Cowichan Valley Regional District
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Cowichan Lake
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Administrative office location Duncan
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairIan Morrison (F)
 • Vice chairSierra Acton (B)
 • Electoral areas
  • A – Mill Bay/Malahat
  • B – Shawnigan Lake
  • C – Cobble Hill
  • D – Cowichan Bay
  • E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora
  • F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls
  • G – Saltair/Gulf Islands
  • H – North Oyster/Diamond
  • I – Youbou/Meade Creek
Area
 • Land3,474.52 km2 (1,341.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Total89,013
 • Density25.6/km2 (66/sq mi)
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The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, [3] bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and by the Capital Regional District to the south and east. As of the 2021 Census, the Regional District had a population of 89,013. The regional district offices are in Duncan.

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Geography

The Cowichan Valley Regional District covers an area between the Stuart Channel and Saanich Inlet on the east coast of Vancouver Island and the southern part of the West Coast Trail, with Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley proper located in its central region. It includes the Gulf Islands of Thetis, Penelakut and Valdes. The total land area is 3,473.12 km² (1,340.98 sq mi).

Communities

Incorporated communities

Indigenous Reserves

Electoral areas

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C

D

E

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Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cowichan Valley Regional District had a population of 89,013 living in 37,290 of its 40,174 total private dwellings, a change of

Panethnic groups in the Cowichan Valley Regional District (1986–2021)
Panethnic
group		2021 [5] 2016 [6] 2011 [7] 2006 [8] 2001 [9] 1996 [10] 1991 [11] [12] 1986 [13] [14] [15] : 104 
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
European [lower-alpha 1] 71,46068,41566,97565,87562,27562,44552,95546,080
Indigenous 10,9859,6608,5257,4206,2605,6555,1104,025
South Asian 1,2951,2601,1501,4401,3601,2351,1551,380
East Asian [lower-alpha 2] 1,2801,025880765665655405350
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 3] 90571565552030019017555
African 63030518516021519014065
Latin American 2651501009565303035
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 4] 1401303575757014535
Other [lower-alpha 5] 3752251601309550————
Total responses87,33081,88578,67576,47571,31570,52560,11552,025
Total population89,01383,73980,33276,92971,99870,97860,56052,466

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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