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Regional district in British Columbia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing two unincorporated Electoral Areas of Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West, along with the member municipalities of the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, the District of Lake Country, the District of Peachland, and Westbank First Nation. The RDCO office is located in Kelowna.
Central Okanagan | |
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Regional District of Central Okanagan | |
![]() Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna | |
![]() Location in British Columbia | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Established | 1967 |
Administrative office location | Kelowna |
Government | |
• Type | Regional district |
• Body | Board of directors |
• Chair | Loyal Wooldridge (Kelowna) |
• Vice chair | Gord Milsom (West Kelowna) |
• Electoral areas |
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Area | |
• Land | 2,904.86 km2 (1,121.57 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 194,882 |
• Density | 67.1/km2 (174/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
Website | www |
Statistics Canada defines the Kelowna CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) or Kelowna Metropolitan Area as being identical in area with the RDCO. The population in 2016 was 194,882, an increase from the official Canada 2006 Census total of 162,276 (these figures exclude the population of reserves belonging to the Westbank First Nation). The area is 2,904.86 square kilometres.
Central Okanagan West Electoral Area used to be known as the Westside Electoral Area. It was created from the merger of Central Okanagan G and Central Okanagan H. The 2005 population exclusive of anyone living on an Indian Reserve, was 37,638 people. In 2007 most of the electoral area's population transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly incorporated District Municipality of West Kelowna.
Central Okanagan West
(within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Central Okanagan had a population of 222,162 living in 94,335 of its 102,097 total private dwellings, a change of 14% from its 2016 population of 194,892. With a land area of 2,902.45 km2 (1,120.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.5/km2 (198.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Panethnic group |
2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | 2006[7] | 2001[8] | |||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
European[lower-alpha 1] | 180,675 | 82.68% | 164,260 | 86.2% | 157,625 | 89.34% | 146,120 | 91% | 136,310 | 93.39% |
Indigenous | 13,420 | 6.14% | 11,370 | 5.97% | 8,260 | 4.68% | 6,120 | 3.81% | 3,950 | 2.71% |
South Asian | 7,425 | 3.4% | 3,925 | 2.06% | 3,230 | 1.83% | 2,345 | 1.46% | 1,465 | 1% |
East Asian[lower-alpha 2] | 5,870 | 2.69% | 4,545 | 2.39% | 3,425 | 1.94% | 2,965 | 1.85% | 2,510 | 1.72% |
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] | 4,200 | 1.92% | 2,655 | 1.39% | 1,470 | 0.83% | 1,130 | 0.7% | 545 | 0.37% |
African | 2,395 | 1.1% | 1,255 | 0.66% | 780 | 0.44% | 660 | 0.41% | 455 | 0.31% |
Latin American | 1,790 | 0.82% | 1,065 | 0.56% | 715 | 0.41% | 530 | 0.33% | 415 | 0.28% |
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] | 1,495 | 0.68% | 695 | 0.36% | 360 | 0.2% | 255 | 0.16% | 140 | 0.1% |
Other[lower-alpha 5] | 1,250 | 0.57% | 790 | 0.41% | 560 | 0.32% | 435 | 0.27% | 155 | 0.11% |
Total responses | 218,530 | 98.37% | 190,565 | 97.78% | 176,435 | 98.11% | 160,565 | 98.95% | 145,950 | 98.79% |
Total population | 222,162 | 100% | 194,882 | 100% | 179,839 | 100% | 162,276 | 100% | 147,739 | 100% |
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