The Comox Valley Regional District is a

regional district In the province of British Columbia in Canada, a regional district is an administrative subdivision of the province that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and governmental authority. there were 28 regional districts in t ...

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. 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 Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, that includes the city of Courtenay, British Columbia, Courtenay, the town of Comox, British Columbia, Comox, the village of Cumberland, British Columb ...

. 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 The Strathcona Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the northern and western portions of the former Regional District of Comox-Strathcona. The partition left th ...

to the northwest, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District 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 Regi ...

to the southeast, as well as the Powell River Regional District along the

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to the east. Two

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s, K'omoks Indian Reserve No. 1 and Puntledge Indian Reserve No. 2 lie within its territory but are outside its jurisdiction. The

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comprising the new Regional District are the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of

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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

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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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

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Regional Districts. According to the

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: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

Denman Island Denman Island, or Sla-dai-aich (Taystayic), its Indigenous name, is one of the Northern Gulf Islands and part of the Comox Valley Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Islands Trust group of islands and is home ...

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 Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is one of the two northernmost Gulf Islands, located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, the other being Denman Island. A small community of 1,016 residents (as of the 2016 census), Hornby is home to ...

* Royston * 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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* Bates Beach *

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* Lazo *

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* Sandwick

Comox Valley C

Known as the Puntledge/Black Creek electoral area, it is located between Courtenay, Campbell River and

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. According to the 2016 Census: *Population: 8,617 (exclusive of any residents of

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) *% Change (2011–2016): 3.5% *Dwellings: 3,572 *Area (km²): 1073.96 *Density (persons per km²): 7.1

Communities

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* Black Creek *

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* Merville *

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*Puntledge * Saratoga Beach * Williams Beach

Transit

Comox Valley Transit is the regional

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system, operated by Watson and Ash Transportation. Funding is provided under a partnership between the region and

BC Transit BC Transit is a provincial crown corporation responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside Greater Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. In , the syst ...

, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.

References

External links

* {{Coord, 49, 45, 00, N, 125, 00, 00, W, region:CA-BC_type:adm2nd_dim:60km, display=title Regional districts of British Columbia

Demographics

Incorporated communities

Unincorporated communities

Comox Valley A

Communities

Comox Valley B

Communities

Comox Valley C

Communities

Transit

See also

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