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Columbia–Shuswap
Regional district
Columbia–Shuswap Regional District
Official logo of Columbia–Shuswap
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A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Named forColumbia River, Shuswap Lake
Administrative office locationSalmon Arm
Government
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 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairKevin Flynn (City of Salmon Arm)
 • Vice chairRhona 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
 • Land28,929.19 km2 (11,169.62 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
57,021
Time zones
Electoral areas B–F / Glacier National ParkUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
Electoral area A (excluding Glacier)UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
Websitewww.csrd.bc.ca Edit this at Wikidata

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 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 2021 Census population was 57,021, 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

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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]

Panethnic groups in the Columbia–Shuswap Regional District (2001–2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8] 2006[9] 2001[10]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[a] 48,805 87.51% 44,930 89.51% 44,980 90.74% 45,815 92.55% 44,580 93.21%
Indigenous 4,405 7.9% 3,645 7.26% 3,280 6.62% 2,760 5.58% 2,155 4.51%
East Asian[b] 705 1.26% 640 1.28% 580 1.17% 315 0.64% 400 0.84%
Southeast Asian[c] 605 1.08% 315 0.63% 155 0.31% 100 0.2% 85 0.18%
South Asian 585 1.05% 355 0.71% 400 0.81% 345 0.7% 330 0.69%
African 245 0.44% 175 0.35% 95 0.19% 75 0.15% 100 0.21%
Latin American 200 0.36% 65 0.13% 50 0.1% 55 0.11% 105 0.22%
Middle Eastern[d] 160 0.29% 35 0.07% 0 0% 20 0.04% 30 0.06%
Other[e] 65 0.12% 45 0.09% 20 0.04% 15 0.03% 35 0.07%
Total responses 55,770 97.81% 50,195 97.72% 49,570 98.14% 49,505 98.73% 47,825 99.18%
Total population 57,021 100% 51,366 100% 50,512 100% 50,141 100% 48,219 100%
  • Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Communities

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Incorporated communities

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Regional district electoral areas

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Unincorporated communities

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Notes

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  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

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  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. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  8. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  10. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "Solsqua, Unincorporated place (UNP) (Designated place), British Columbia". 2021 Census of Population geographic summary. Statistics Canada. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

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