The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern

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, Canada. As of the

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, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of . Its administrative offices are in the city of

Terrace Terrace may refer to: Landforms and construction * Fluvial terrace, a natural, flat surface that borders and lies above the floodplain of a stream or river * Terrace, a street suffix * Terrace, the portion of a lot between the public sidewalk a ...

. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the

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Kitimat Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban distr ...

. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of

New Hazelton New Hazelton is a district municipality on Highway 16 in northwest British Columbia, Canada. It is situated northeast of Terrace and northwest of Smithers and in 2016 had a population of 580 people, a decrease of 12.9% comparing to 2011. New H ...

and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them

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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

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, formerly in the

Stikine Region The Stikine Region is an unincorporated area in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the only area in the province that is not part of a regional district. The Stikine Region was left unincorporated following legislation that establishe ...

, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007.

Municipalities

Demographics

As a

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in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine 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.

References

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

External links

* Kitimat-Stikine {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub