Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine

The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.^[3] As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of 104,464.61 square kilometres (40,334.01 sq mi). Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007. Thornhill is the largest unincorporated community in the regional District with a population of 5000+ residents.

Kitimat–Stikine
Regional district
Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
Terrace townsite
Logo
Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Administrative office location	Terrace
Government ^[1]
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of directors
• Chair	Philip Germuth (Kitimat)
• Vice chair	James Cordeiro (Terrace)
• Electoral areas	A B C D E F
Area
• Land	104,464.61 km^2 (40,334.01 sq mi)
Population  (2016)^[2]
• Total	37,367
• Density	0.358/km^2 (0.93/sq mi)
Website	www.rdks.bc.ca

Municipalities

Municipality	Government Type	Population
Terrace	city	12,123
Kitimat	district municipality	8,335
New Hazelton	district municipality	666
Stewart	district municipality	494
Hazelton	village	270

Thornhill unincorporated municipality population 5123

Demographics

Population history

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	43,618	—
2001	40,876	−6.3%
2006	37,999	−7.0%
2011	37,361	−1.7%
2016	37,367	+0.0%
2021	37,790	+1.1%
Source: Statistics Canada

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of 37,790 living in 15,306 of its 17,386 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of 104,307.25 km² (40,273.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km² (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Panethnic groups in the Kitimat–Stikine Regional District (1996−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]		2006^[8]		2001^[9]		1996^[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	21,590	57.93%	21,960	59.45%	23,040	62.23%	23,850	63.07%	27,975	68.7%	31,230	71.89%
Indigenous	13,415	35.99%	13,265	35.91%	12,660	34.19%	12,275	32.46%	10,960	26.92%	10,210	23.5%
South Asian	895	2.4%	575	1.56%	520	1.4%	995	2.63%	975	2.39%	1,005	2.31%
Southeast Asian^[b]	480	1.29%	355	0.96%	380	1.03%	195	0.52%	225	0.55%	205	0.47%
East Asian^[c]	435	1.17%	330	0.89%	250	0.68%	285	0.75%	235	0.58%	480	1.1%
African	230	0.62%	210	0.57%	40	0.11%	85	0.22%	170	0.42%	160	0.37%
Latin American	110	0.3%	140	0.38%	55	0.15%	85	0.22%	135	0.33%	75	0.17%
Middle Eastern^[d]	45	0.12%	25	0.07%	0	0%	0	0%	10	0.02%	30	0.07%
Other^[e]	70	0.19%	80	0.22%	55	0.15%	40	0.11%	35	0.09%	50	0.12%
Total responses	37,270	98.62%	36,940	98.86%	37,025	99.1%	37,815	99.52%	40,720	99.62%	43,440	99.59%
Total population	37,790	100%	37,367	100%	37,361	100%	37,999	100%	40,876	100%	43,618	100%

• Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

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. "Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
2. "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.
3. "Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine". BC Geographical Names.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
9. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
10. 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 23, 2023.

• Community Profile: Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

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