The Comox Valley Regional District is a
regional district in
British Columbia,
Canada. It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the southeastern portions of the former
Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, and centred about the
Comox Valley. The partition left the new Comox Valley Regional District with only 8.4 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but 57.9 percent of its population. The CVRD covers an area of 2,425 square kilometres, of which 1,725 square kilometres is land (the remainder is water), and serves a population of 66,527 according to the 2016 Census.
The district borders the
Strathcona Regional District to the northwest, the
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
The Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District of British Columbia is located on west central Vancouver Island. Adjacent regional districts it shares borders with are the Strathcona and Comox Valley Regional Districts to the north, and the Nanaimo ...
to the southwest, and the
Regional District of Nanaimo
The Regional District of Nanaimo is a regional district located on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the south by the Cowichan Valley Regional District, to the west by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regio ...
to the southeast, as well as the
Powell River Regional District
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along the
Strait of Georgia
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to the east.
Two
Indian reserves, K'omoks Indian Reserve No. 1 and Puntledge Indian Reserve No. 2 lie within its territory but are outside its jurisdiction. The
census divisions comprising the new Regional District are the city of
Courtenay, the town of
Comox, the village of
Cumberland
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, the district of Black Creek, Electoral Areas A, B, and C, and the two stated Indian reserves.
The administrative offices are in
Courtenay, British Columbia
Courtenay ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional Dis ...
.
Demographics
As a
census division
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in the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Comox Valley Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Incorporated communities
*
Town of Comox
*
City of Courtenay
*
Village of Cumberland
Unincorporated communities
Comox Valley A
Known as the Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands electoral area, this electoral area includes the southern portion of the district, on the border with the
Alberni-Clayoquot and
Nanaimo
Nanaimo ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, it had a population of 99,863, and it is known as "The Harbour City." The city was previously known as the "H ...
Regional Districts.
According to the
2016 Canada Census
The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...
:
[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/Census/2016Census/PopulationHousing/CensusSubdivisions.aspx]
*Population: 7,293
*% Change (2011-2016): 4.5%
*Dwellings: 4,360
*Area (km²): 491.99
*Density (persons per km²): 14.7
Communities
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Denman Island
*
Fanny Bay
Fanny Bay is a small hamlet in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located on Baynes Sound on the east coast of Vancouver Island. In 2001, its population was listed as 815. It is best known for its fine oysters. The area is served b ...
*
Hornby Island
*
Royston
Royston may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Royston, Queensland, a rural locality
Canada
*Royston, British Columbia, a small hamlet
England
*Royston, Hertfordshire, a town and civil parish, formerly partly in Cambridgeshire
*Royston, South Yorkshi ...
*
Union Bay
Comox Valley B
Known as the Lazo North electoral area, this electoral area surrounds the town of
Comox. It has no administrative or governmental function and is used only to select rural representatives to the regional district board.
According to the 2016 Census:
*Population: 7,095 (exclusive of any on-Indian Reserve residents)
*% Change (2011–2016): 2.2%
*Dwellings: 3,026
*Area (km²): 54.28
*Density (persons per km²): 117.9
Communities
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Balmoral Beach
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Bates Beach
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Grantham
*
Lazo
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Little River
*
Sandwick
Comox Valley C
Known as the Puntledge/Black Creek electoral area, it is located between
Courtenay,
Campbell River and
Strathcona Provincial Park
Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, and the largest on Vancouver Island. Founded in 1911, the park was named for Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, a wealthy philanthropi ...
.
According to the 2016 Census:
*Population: 8,617 (exclusive of any residents of
Indian Reserves)
*% Change (2011–2016): 3.5%
*Dwellings: 3,572
*Area (km²): 1073.96
*Density (persons per km²): 7.1
Communities
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Bevan
*
Black Creek
*
Headquarters
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*
Merville
*
Mount Washington
*Puntledge
*
Saratoga Beach
*
Williams Beach
Transit
Comox Valley Transit is the regional
public transportation system, operated by Watson and Ash Transportation. Funding is provided under a partnership between the region and
BC Transit, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.
See also
*
Mount Geoffrey Regional Nature Park
Mount Geoffrey Regional Nature Park is regional park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Hornby Island. It covers an area of , including the summit of Mount Geoffrey, the highest point on the island.
There are facilities for hiking, mounta ...
References
External links
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Regional districts of British Columbia