The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is one of 28
regional districts in the province of
British Columbia
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, Canada. As of the
2016 Canadian census
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, the population was 31,447. The area is 8,095.62 km
2 (3,125.74 sq mi). The RDKB was incorporated in 1966 and consists of eight incorporated municipalities and five unincorporated electoral areas. The regional district's offices are in the City of
Trail
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, with secondary offices in the City of
Grand Forks
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. Other major population centres include the cities of
Rossland and
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Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
...
, and the villages of
Fruitvale,
Warfield
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History
Warfield was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement and is recorded in the Do ...
, and
Montrose. The region also encompasses electoral areas A (east of Fruitvale extending just past Champion Lakes and south to Waneta and the Pend d'Oreille River), B/Lower Columbia-Old Glory, C/Christina Lake, D/Rural Grand Forks and E/West Boundary including Rock Creek, Bridesville, Beaverdell and Big White Ski Resort.
Local government services provided by the RDKB to residents in the region include recreation and culture, planning, building inspection, environmental programs, economic development and public safety services for fire and other emergencies.
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 Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 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.
*Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Municipalities
See also
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Kootenays
The Kootenays or Kootenay ( ) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people.
Boundaries
The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Koote ...
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Boundary Country
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Notes
References
Community Profile: Kootenay Boundary Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada
External links
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Kootenay Boundary