The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.[3] As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of 104,464.61 square kilometres (40,334.01 sq mi). Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007. Thornhill is the largest unincorporated community in the regional District with a population of 5000+ residents.

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Kitimat–Stikine
Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Administrative office locationTerrace
Government
  TypeRegional district
  BodyBoard of directors
  ChairPhilip Germuth (Kitimat)
  Vice chairJames Cordeiro (Terrace)
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Area
  Land104,464.61 km2 (40,334.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total37,367
  Density0.358/km2 (0.93/sq mi)
Websitewww.rdks.bc.ca Edit this at Wikidata
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Municipalities

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Municipality Government Type Population
Terrace city 12,123
Kitimat district municipality 8,335
New Hazelton district municipality 666
Stewart district municipality 494
Hazelton village 270
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Thornhill unincorporated municipality population 5123

Demographics

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Population history
YearPop.±%
199643,618    
200140,876−6.3%
200637,999−7.0%
201137,361−1.7%
201637,367+0.0%
202137,790+1.1%
Source: Statistics Canada
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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of 37,790 living in 15,306 of its 17,386 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of 104,307.25 km2 (40,273.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

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Panethnic groups in the Kitimat–Stikine Regional District (1996−2021)
Panethnic
group
2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7] 2006[8] 2001[9] 1996[10]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[lower-alpha 1] 21,590 57.93% 21,960 59.45% 23,040 62.23% 23,850 63.07% 27,975 68.7% 31,230 71.89%
Indigenous 13,415 35.99% 13,265 35.91% 12,660 34.19% 12,275 32.46% 10,960 26.92% 10,210 23.5%
South Asian 895 2.4% 575 1.56% 520 1.4% 995 2.63% 975 2.39% 1,005 2.31%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 2] 480 1.29% 355 0.96% 380 1.03% 195 0.52% 225 0.55% 205 0.47%
East Asian[lower-alpha 3] 435 1.17% 330 0.89% 250 0.68% 285 0.75% 235 0.58% 480 1.1%
African 230 0.62% 210 0.57% 40 0.11% 85 0.22% 170 0.42% 160 0.37%
Latin American 110 0.3% 140 0.38% 55 0.15% 85 0.22% 135 0.33% 75 0.17%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] 45 0.12% 25 0.07% 0 0% 0 0% 10 0.02% 30 0.07%
Other[lower-alpha 5] 70 0.19% 80 0.22% 55 0.15% 40 0.11% 35 0.09% 50 0.12%
Total responses 37,270 98.62% 36,940 98.86% 37,025 99.1% 37,815 99.52% 40,720 99.62% 43,440 99.59%
Total population 37,790 100% 37,367 100% 37,361 100% 37,999 100% 40,876 100% 43,618 100%
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  • Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

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