The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a
regional district 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
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
. Other municipalities include the City of
Castlegar, the Town of
Creston, the Village of
Salmo
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, 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.
Before the ...
, the Village of
New Denver
New Denver is a village in the Regional District of Central Kootenay, Central Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada at the mouth of Carpenter Creek (British Columbia), Carpenter Creek, on the east shore of Slocan Lake, in the West Kootenay ...
, 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 Sloc ...
).
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.
*Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Municipalities
Unincorporated communities
Notes
References
BC Stats 2011-2016 Census Results
External links
*
Central Kootenay
Long stubs with short prose
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