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Regional District of Central Okanagan

Coordinates: 49°53′17″N 119°29′44″W / 49.888028°N 119.495417°W / 49.888028; -119.495417
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This article is about the governing body of the Central Okanagan Regional District. For the metropolitan area, see Greater Kelowna.

Central Okanagan
Regional district
Regional District of Central Okanagan
Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna
Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna
Official logo of Central Okanagan
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A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Established1967
Administrative office locationKelowna
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairGail Given (Kelowna)
 • Vice chairGord Milsom (West Kelowna)
 • Electoral areas
  • Central Okanagan East
  • Central Okanagan West
Area
 • Land2,904.86 km2 (1,121.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total194,882
 • Density67.1/km2 (174/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
Websitewww.rdco.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing the metropolitan area of Greater Kelowna, which comprises the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna and their surrounding municipalities. The regional district's offices are located in Kelowna.

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.

Communities

Incorporated municipalities

Communities and neighbourhoods

  • Kelowna neighbourhoods
  • District municipality villages

    • Regional district electoral areas

    Central Okanagan West Electoral (Central Okanagan J)

    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.

    Communities

    Central Okanagan West

    Central Okanagan East (Central Okanagan I)

    Indigenous reserves

    (within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)

    Demographics

    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]

    Ethnic groups in Metro Kelowna (2016)
    Source: [1]    		 Population %
    Ethnic group European 156,375 82.1%
    Indigenous 13,190 6.9%
    South Asian 3,925 2.1%
    Chinese 2,340 1.2%
    Filipino 1,885 1%
    Japanese 1,575 0.8%
    Black 1,260 0.7%
    Latin American 1,070 0.6%
    Southeast Asian 770 0.4%
    Korean 630 0.3%
    West Asian 390 0.2%
    Arab 300 0.2%
    Multiple minorities 505 0.3%
    Visible minority, n.i.e. 285 0.1%
    Total population 194,882 100%

    References

    1. ^ "Regional District Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    2. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
    3. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

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