The Strathcona Regional District is a regional district 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

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. 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 Powell River Regional District.

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. *Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Municipalities

Electoral areas and unincorporated communities

*Area A (Kyuquot/Nootka–Sayward) **

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*Area B (

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) ** Cortes Bay **

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** Squirrel Cove ** Whaletown *Area C (

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

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) ** Oyster Bay

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* {{Subdivisions of British Columbia, region=yes Regional districts of British Columbia 2008 establishments in British Columbia