The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a
regional district
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in the
province
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of
British Columbia
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, Canada. As of the 2016
census
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, the
population
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was 59,517. The
area
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is 22,130.72 square kilometres. The administrative centre is located in the city of
Nelson. Other municipalities include the City of
Castlegar, the Town of
Creston, the Village of
Salmo, the Village of
Nakusp, the Village of
Kaslo
Kaslo is a village on the west shore of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. A member municipality of the Central Kootenay Regional District, the name derives from the adjacent Kaslo River. At 2016, the p ...
, the Village of
New Denver
New Denver is at the mouth of Carpenter Creek, on the east shore of Slocan Lake, in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The village is west of Kaslo on Highway 31A, and southeast of Nakusp and northeast of Slocan o ...
, the Village of
Silverton, the Village of
Ymir
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and the Village of
Slocan (known locally as Slocan City to distinguish it from the appellation "the Slocan" for the entire
Slocan Valley
The Slocan Valley is a valley in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.
Geographical boundaries
The Slocan Valley is about long, but its width is undefined. The Valhalla Range provides the steep western boundary and the Sloca ...
).
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 Central Kootenay 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
Unincorporated communities
References
BC Stats 2011-2016 Census Results
External links
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Central Kootenay
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