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Cowichan Valley Regional District

Regional district in British Columbia, Canada

Summary

Regional district in British Columbia, Canada

Field	Value
name	Cowichan Valley
official_name	Cowichan Valley Regional District
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Regional district
image_skyline	Lake Cowichan.jpg
image_caption	Cowichan Lake
image_blank_emblem	Cowichan_Valley_BC_logo.png
blank_emblem_type	Logo
image_map	CAN BC Cowichan Valley Regional District locator.svg
map_alt	A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
map_caption	Location in British Columbia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	British Columbia
seat_type	Administrative office location
seat	Duncan
government_footnotes
government_type	Regional district
governing_body	Board of directors
leader_title	Chair
leader_name	Kate Segall
leader_title1	Vice chair
leader_name1	Tim McGonigle
leader_title2	Electoral areas
leader_name2	{{Plainlist
unit_pref	Metric
area_urban_footnotes
area_rural_footnotes
area_metro_footnotes
area_magnitude
area_blank2_title
area_land_km2	3474.52
dimensions_footnotes
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	89,013
population_density_km2	25.6
website

A – Mill Bay/Malahat
B – Shawnigan Lake
C – Cobble Hill
D – Cowichan Bay
E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora
F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls
G – Saltair/Gulf Islands
H – North Oyster/Diamond
I – Youbou/Meade Creek tags --| area_footnotes =

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and by the Capital Regional District to the south and east. As of the 2021 Census, the Regional District had a population of 89,013. The regional district offices are in Duncan.

The current Chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District is Kate Segall

Geography

The Cowichan Valley Regional District covers an area between the Stuart Channel and Saanich Inlet on the east coast of Vancouver Island and the southern part of the West Coast Trail, with Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley proper located in its central region. It includes the Gulf Islands of Thetis, Penelakut and Valdes. The total land area is 3,473.12 km2 (1,340.98 sq mi).

Communities

Incorporated communities

City of Duncan – pop. 5,047
Town of Ladysmith – pop. 8,990
Town of Lake Cowichan – pop. 3,325
District Municipality of North Cowichan – pop. 31,990

Indigenous Reserves

Chemainus 13
Claoose 4
Cowichan 1
Cowichan 9
Cowichan Lake
Est-Patrolas 4
Halalt 2
Kil-pah-las 3
Kuper Island 7
Lyacksun 3
Malachan 11
Malahat 11
Oyster Bay 12
Portier Pass 5
Shingle Point 4
Squaw-hay-one 11
Theik 2
Tsussie 6
Wyah 3

Electoral areas

A

Malahat
Mill Bay

B

Shawnigan Lake

C

Arbutus Ridge
Cobble Hill
Cherry Point

D

Cowichan Bay

E

Cowichan Station
Eagle Heights
Glenora
Koksilah
Sahtlam

F

Honeymoon Bay
Mesachie Lake
Skutz Falls

G

Saltair

H

Diamond
North Oyster
Yellow Point

I

Meade Creek
Youbou

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cowichan Valley 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 3472.48 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Panethnic
group	2021	2016	2011	2006	2001	1996	1991	1986{{Cite web	last=Government of Canada	first=Statistics Canada	date=2019-06-27	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Total responses	87,330	81,885	78,675	76,475	71,315	70,525	60,115	52,025	Total population	89,013	83,739	80,332	76,929	71,998	70,978	60,560	52,466
url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census86/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=113684&PRID=0&PTYPE=113679&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1986&THEME=133&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=	access-date=2023-02-20	website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}{{Cite web	last=Government of Canada	first=Statistics Canada	date=2019-06-27	url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census86/data/tables/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=113685&PRID=0&PTYPE=113679&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=1986&THEME=133&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=	access-date=2023-02-20	website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}{{Cite web	last=Government of Canada	first=Statistics Canada	date=2013-04-03	url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.697442/publication.html	access-date=2023-02-20	website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}
European	71,460		68,415		66,975		65,875		62,275		62,445		52,955		46,080
Indigenous	10,985		9,660		8,525		7,420		6,260		5,655		5,110		4,025
South Asian	1,295		1,260		1,150		1,440		1,360		1,235		1,155		1,380
East Asian	1,280		1,025		880		765		665		655		405		350
Southeast Asian	905		715		655		520		300		190		175		55
African	630		305		185		160		215		190		140		65
Latin American	265		150		100		95		65		30		30		35
Middle Eastern	140		130		35		75		75		70		145		35
Other	375		225		160		130		95		50

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

Notes

References

https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=cowichan&DGUIDlist=2021A00035919&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 Community Profile: Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada]

References

"Board of Directors".
(January 30, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". [[Statistics Canada]].
{{BCGNIS. 25212. Cowichan Valley Regional District
"Board of Directors {{!}} Cowichan Valley Regional District".
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". [[Statistics Canada]].
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-06-04). "Electronic Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-03-29). "1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions – Part B".
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-03-29). "Data tables, 1991 Census Population by Ethnic Origin (24), Showing Single and Multiple Origins (2) – Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions".

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