Strathcona Regional District

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Strathcona
Regional district
Strathcona Regional District
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Strathcona Provincial Park
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Administrative office location Campbell River
Government
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 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of Directors
 • ChairMichele Babchuk (Campbell River)
 • Vice ChairBrad Unger (Gold River)
 • Electoral Areas
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  • B
  • C
  • D
Area
 • Land18,278.06 km2 (7,057.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
48,150
 • Density2.63/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
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The Strathcona Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the northern and western portions of the former Regional District of Comox-Strathcona. The partition left the new Strathcona Regional District with 91.6 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but only 42.1 percent of its population. Its current territory has a land area of 18,329.948 km2 (7,077.232 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 44,671 inhabitants. There are 21 named Indian reserves within its territory, with a combined 2016 census population of 1,579 and combined land area of 16.444 km2 (6.345 sq mi).

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The District's head offices are in Campbell River, British Columbia. During a transitional period, much of its administration was carried out by the Comox Valley Regional District, based in Courtenay, British Columbia but it is now self-administered. It is governed by a board of directors comprising representatives from each of the 5 municipalities and 4 electoral areas within its boundaries. It is anticipated that the board will expand to include representatives from some of the First Nations governments within its boundaries following treaty settlements.

Most of the Discovery Islands are within the Strathcona Regional District, while a few of the southernmost ones are in the Powell River Regional District.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Strathcona Regional District had a population of 48,150 living in 21,227 of its 23,017 total private dwellings, a change of

Panethnic groups in the Strathcona Regional District (2001−2021)
Panethnic
group		2021 [1] 2016 [3] 2011 [4]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 38,79036,09536,455
Indigenous 6,1405,8554,650
Southeast Asian [b] 760685630
East Asian [c] 580460240
South Asian 540275150
African 230165135
Latin American 135150160
Middle Eastern [d] 155015
Other [e] 858065
Total responses47,28043,81042,520
Total population48,15044,67143,252

Municipalities

MunicipalityGovernment TypePopulation (2016)
Campbell River city32,588
Gold River village1,212
Sayward village311
Tahsis village248
Zeballos village107

Electoral areas and unincorporated communities

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 "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" 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.

References

  1. 1 2 Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
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