Thompson-Nicola Regional District

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Thompson–Nicola
Regional district
Thompson–Nicola Regional District
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Administrative office location Kamloops
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairBarbara Roden (Ashcroft)
 • Vice chairRobin Smith (Logan Lake)
 • Electoral areas
  • A – Wells Gray Country
  • B – Thompson Headwaters
  • E – Bonaparte Plateau
  • I – Blue Sky Country
  • J – Copper Desert Country
  • L – Grasslands
  • M – Beautiful Nicola Valley–North
  • N – Beautiful Nicola Valley–South
  • O – Lower North Thompson
  • P – Rivers and the Peaks
Area
 • Land44,449.42 km2 (17,162.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Total
143,680
 • Density2.98/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
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The Thompson–Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2021 Census population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre of Kamloops, which accounts for 78 percent of the regional district's population. The only other city is Merritt; other municipally-incorporated communities include the District Municipalities of Logan Lake, Barriere and Clearwater and the Villages of Chase, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton and Lytton, and also the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks.

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The region is named indirectly for the Thompson River by way of the traditional regional names of "the Thompson Country" and "the Nicola Country"; the Nicola Country was named for Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The regional district government operates over 125 services including libraries, [3] solid waste management and recycling, community services, emergency and development services, a film commission. [4] The region is unique in Canada as it consistently holds around some of the hottest summer temperatures in the country, while also containing an area around Ashcroft that may be the only arid climate in Canada.

Municipalities

MunicipalityGovernment TypePopulation (2021)
Kamloops city97,902 [5]
Merritt city7,051 [6]
Chase village2,399 [7]
Clearwater district municipality2,388 [8]
Logan Lake district municipality2,255 [9]
Barriere district municipality1,765 [10]
Ashcroft village1,670 [11]
Cache Creek village969 [12]
Clinton village646 [13]
Sun Peaks mountain resort municipality1,404 [14]
Lytton village210 [15]

Unincorporated communities

Electoral areas

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thompson-Nicola Regional District had a population of 143,680 living in 59,885 of its 65,065 total private dwellings, a change of

Panethnic groups in the Thompson–Nicola Regional District (1991–2021)
Panethnic
group		2021 [16] 2016 [17] 2011 [18] 2006 [19] 2001 [20] 1996 [21] 1991 [22] [23]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 107,770103,015104,615101,590101,215102,05588,095
Indigenous 19,42017,55514,42513,20011,5909,98510,900
South Asian 4,9402,9602,4452,3252,5252,5052,270
East Asian [b] 2,8952,7102,5002,3302,1302,2551,480
Southeast Asian [c] 1,6701,145845935520495450
African 1,200700305245400255180
Latin American 58534517524014517590
Middle Eastern [d] 345285490150707570
Other [e] 43520516519560180——
Total responses139,265129,020125,960121,225118,665117,980103,535
Total population143,680132,663128,471122,286119,222118,801104,386

Parks

The regional district contains more than 60 provincial parks. See List of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Board of Directors" . Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ Thompson–Nicola Regional Library
  4. ↑ TNRD film commission
  5. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  16. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  17. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  18. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  19. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  20. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  21. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (June 4, 2019). "Electronic Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  22. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (March 29, 2019). "1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Part B". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  23. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (March 29, 2019). "Data tables, 1991 Census Population by Ethnic Origin (24), Showing Single and Multiple Origins (2) – Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

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