The Thompson–Nicola 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 ...
in the
Canadian province of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
. The
Canada 2021 Census population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre of
Kamloops, which accounts for 78 percent of the regional district's population. The only other
city
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is
Merritt; other municipally-incorporated communities include the
District Municipalities of
Logan Lake,
Barriere and
Clearwater and the
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
s of
Chase,
Ashcroft,
Cache Creek,
Clinton and
Lytton, and also the Mountain Resort Municipality of
Sun Peaks.
The region is named indirectly for the
Thompson River
The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches, the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River. The ri ...
by way of the traditional regional names of "the
Thompson Country
Thompson Country, also referred to as The Thompson and sometimes as the Thompson Valley and historically known as the Couteau Country or Couteau District, is a historic geographic region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, more or less de ...
" and "the
Nicola Country The Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the Southern Interior of British ...
"; the Nicola Country was named for
Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The regional district government operates over 15 services including libraries, solid waste management and recycling, emergency and development services, plus a film commission.
TNRD film commission
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Municipalities
Unincorporated communities
* Arden Forest
* Ashcroft Manor
*Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
*Bighorn
The bighorn sheep (''Ovis canadensis'') is a species of sheep native to North America. It is named for its large horns. A pair of horns might weigh up to ; the sheep typically weigh up to . Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspec ...
*Brookmere
Brookmere is an unincorporated community adjacent to Brook Creek in the Nicola region of southern British Columbia. The former railway town, on Coldwater Rd (exit 256 from the Coquihalla Highway), is by road about south of Merritt.
Name origin ...
*Chasm
In geology, a rift is a linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.
Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben wi ...
*Jesmond
Jesmond is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, situated to the east of the Town Moor. Jesmond is considered to be one of the most affluent suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, with higher average house prices than most other areas of the city.
H ...
* Kelly Lake
* Loon Lake
*Lower Hat Creek
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
(Carquile)
* Pritchard
* Spences Bridge
* Upper Hat Creek
Electoral Areas
*Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country)
*Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters)
*Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau)
*Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country)
*Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country)
*Electoral Area "L"
*Electoral Area "M"
*Electoral Area "N"
*Electoral Area "O"
*Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks)
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thompson-Nicola 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.
Parks
The regional district contains more than 60 provincial parks. See List of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District
The list of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District contains the provincial parks located within this regional district of the Provinces of Canada, province of British Columbia. These parks are administered by BC Parks under the juris ...
.
References
External links
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Thompson-Nicola Regional District,
Thompson-Nicola