The Strathcona 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 ...

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. It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the northern and western portions of the former Regional District of Comox-Strathcona. The partition left the new Strathcona Regional District with 91.6 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but only 42.1 percent of its population. Its current territory has a land area of 18,329.948 km² (7,077.232 sq mi) and a 2016 census population of 44,671 inhabitants. There are 21 named

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s within its territory, with a combined 2016 census population of 1,579 and combined land area of 16.444 km² (6.345 sq mi). The District's head offices are in

Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River, or Wiwek̓a̱m, is a city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the 50th parallel north along the important Inside Passage shipping route. Campbell River ...

. During a transitional period, much of its administration was carried out by the

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, based in

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but it is now self-administered. It is governed by a Board of Directors comprising representatives from each of the 5 municipalities and 4 electoral areas within its boundaries. It is anticipated that the Board will expand to include representatives from some of the First Nations governments within its boundaries following treaty settlements. Most of the

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are within the Strathcona Regional District, while a few of the southernmost ones are in the

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Demographics

As a

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in the

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conducted by

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, the Strathcona 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.

Municipalities

Electoral areas and unincorporated communities

*Area A (Kyuquot/Nootka–Sayward) **

Nootka Island Nootka Island (french: île Nootka) is an island adjacent to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is in area. It is separated from Vancouver Island by Nootka Sound and its side-inlets, and is located within Electoral Area A of the ...

*Area B (

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) ** Cortes Bay ** Mansons Landing ** Squirrel Cove ** Whaletown *Area C (

–Mainland Inlets) ** Heriot Bay ** Port Neville ** Quathiaski Cove ** Refuge Cove *Area D (Oyster Bay–

Buttle Lake Buttle Lake is a lake on Vancouver Island in Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is about long and wide, has an area of , is up to deep, and lies at an elevation of . The lake is located between Campbell River and Gold R ...

) ** Oyster Bay

References

External links

* Regional districts of British Columbia 2008 establishments in British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub