Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

The Columbia–Shuswap Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Southern Interior region^[4] on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary, Alberta. The regional district borders the Province of Alberta across the Rocky Mountains.

Columbia–Shuswap
Regional district
Columbia–Shuswap Regional District
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Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Named for	Columbia River, Shuswap Lake
Administrative office location	Salmon Arm
Government ^[1]
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of directors
• Chair	Kevin Flynn (City of Salmon Arm)
• Vice chair	Rhona Martin (E)
• Electoral areas	A – Rural Golden B – Rural Revelstoke–Columbia/Trout Lake C – South Shuswap D – Falkland/Salmon Valley/Deep Creek/Ranchero E – Rural Sicamous–Malakwa F – North Shuswap–Seymour Arm G - Blind Bay/Sorrento/Notch Hill
Area
• Land	28,929.19 km^2 (11,169.62 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]
• Total	57,021
Time zones
Electoral areas B–F / Glacier National Park	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Electoral area A (excluding Glacier)	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Website	www.csrd.bc.ca

Columbia–Shuswap regional district comprises the regions known as the Shuswap Country, which focuses around Shuswap Lake and lies to the north of the Okanagan region, and the northern part of the Columbia Country, namely the "Big Bend" of the valley of the Columbia River from the Town of Golden to the historic City of Revelstoke, British Columbia. (Revelstoke is sometimes referred to as being in the North Kootenay, Golden is usually thought of as being part of the East Kootenay sub-region, the Columbia Valley). The Canada 2006 Census population was 50,141, spread over a land area of 28,929 square km and a water area of over 2,000 square km. The regional district's offices are in Salmon Arm, near the southwest corner of the regional district.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District had a population of 57,021 living in 24,595 of its 31,161 total private dwellings, an increase of 11% from its 2016 population of 51,366. With a land area of 28,885.82 km² (11,152.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km² (5.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[5]

Communities

Incorporated Communities

• City of Salmon Arm- 19,705
• City of Revelstoke- 8,275
• Town of Golden- 3,986
• District Municipality of Sicamous- 2,613

Regional District Electoral Areas

• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "A" – 3,097
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "B" – 706
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "C"- 7,695
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "D"- 3,899
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "E" – 1,528
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "F" – 2,731
• Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "G" - Census data not available

Unincorporated Communities

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• Anglemont- 454
• Blind Bay- 1,149
• Celista- 408
• Craigellachie
• Eagle Bay- 528
• Falkland- 805
• Malakwa- 619
• Notch Hill- 515
• Ranchero- 971
• Scotch Creek- 762
• Silver Creek- 1,038
• Solsqua — 333^[6]
• Sorrento- 1,360
• Sunnybrae- 699
• Swansea Point- 243
• Tappen- 773
• White Lake- 623

References

1. "Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
2. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
3. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
4. "Columbia–Shuswap Regional District". BC Geographical Names.
5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
6. "Solsqua, Unincorporated place (UNP) (Designated place), British Columbia". 2021 Census of Population geographic summary. Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

• Community Profile: Columbia–Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

External links

 

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