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A district municipality is a classification of municipalities used in the Canadian province of British Columbia. British Columbia's Lieutenant Governor in Council may incorporate a community as a district municipality by letters patent, under the recommendation of the Minister of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development, if the area is greater than 800 ha (2,000 acres) and has a population density of less than 5 people per hectare, and at least 50% of the affected residents vote in favour of the proposed incorporation.^[1]

British Columbia has 50 district municipalities,^[2]^[3]^[4] with a cumulative population of 746,125 and an average population of 14,923 in the 2011 Census.^[5] British Columbia's largest and smallest district municipalities are Saanich and Wells with populations of 109,752 and 245 respectively.^[5]

Of British Columbia's 50 district municipalities, the first to incorporate as a district municipality was North Cowichan on June 18, 1873, while the most recent community to incorporate as a district municipality was the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM) on February 6, 2009.^[2]^[3] Although portrayed as a regional municipality in its name, the NRRM is classified as a district municipality.^[3]

List

District municipality	Corporate name^[2]	Regional district^[2]	Incorporation date^[2]	Population (2011)^[5]	Population (2006)^[5]	Change (%)^[5]	Area (km²)^[5]	Population density^[5]
100 Mile House	100 Mile House, District of	Cariboo	July 27, 1965	1,886	1,885	0.1	53.29	35.4
Barriere	Barriere, District of	Thompson-Nicola	December 4, 2007	1,773	1,432	23.8	10.77	164.7
Central Saanich	Central Saanich, The Corporation of the District of	Capital	December 12, 1950	15,936	15,745	1.2	41.33	385.6
Chetwynd	Chetwynd, District of	Peace River	September 25, 1962	2,635	2,633	0.1	63.04	41.8
Clearwater	Clearwater, District of	Thompson-Nicola	December 3, 2007	2,331	2,225	4.8	55.68	41.9
Coldstream	Coldstream, The Corporation of the District of	North Okanagan	December 21, 1906	10,314	9,471	8.9	66.28	155.6
Elkford	Elkford, District of	East Kootenay	July 16, 1971	2,523	2,463	2.4	108.42	23.3
Esquimalt	Esquimalt, Corporation of the Township of	Capital	September 1, 1912	16,209	16,840	−3.7	7.08	2,290.1
Fort St. James	Fort St. James, District of	Bulkley-Nechako	December 19, 1952	1,691	1,350	25.3	23.47	72.0
Highlands	Highlands, District of	Capital	December 7, 1993	2,120	1,903	11.4	38.05	55.7
Hope	Hope, District of	Fraser Valley	April 6, 1929	5,969	6,185	−3.5	41.14	145.1
Houston	Houston, District of	Bulkley-Nechako	March 4, 1957	3,147	3,163	−0.5	72.94	43.1
Hudson's Hope	Hudson's Hope, District of	Peace River	November 16, 1965	970	1,012	−4.2	827.36	1.2
Invermere	Invermere, District of	East Kootenay	May 22, 1951	2,955	3,002	−1.6	10.73	275.3
Kent	Kent, The Corporation of the District of	Fraser Valley	January 1, 1895	5,664	4,738	19.5	168.39	33.6
Kitimat	Kitimat, District of	Kitimat-Stikine	March 31, 1953	8,335	8,987	−7.3	240.01	34.7
Lake Country	Lake Country, District of	Central Okanagan	May 2, 1995	11,708	9,606	21.9	122.19	95.8
Langley	Langley, The Corporation of the Township of	Greater Vancouver	April 26, 1873	104,177	93,726	11.2	308.03	338.2
Lantzville	Lantzville, District of	Nanaimo	June 25, 2003	3,601	3,661	−1.6	27.66	130.2
Lillooet	Lillooet, District of	Squamish-Lillooet	December 31, 1946	2,321^[6]	2,324	−0.1	27.51	84.4
Logan Lake	Logan Lake, District of	Thompson-Nicola	November 10, 1970	2,073	2,162	−4.1	325.33	6.4
Mackenzie	Mackenzie, District of	Fraser-Fort George	May 19, 1966	3,507	4,539	−22.7	155.41	22.6
Metchosin	Metchosin, District of	Capital	December 3, 1984	4,803	4,795	0.2	71.09	67.6
New Hazelton	New Hazelton, District of	Kitimat-Stikine	December 15, 1980	666	627	6.2	24.36	27.3
North Cowichan	North Cowichan, The Corporation of the District of	Cowichan Valley	June 18, 1873	28,807	27,557	4.5	195.54	147.3
North Saanich	North Saanich, District of	Capital	August 19, 1965	11,089	10,823	2.5	37.25	297.7
North Vancouver	North Vancouver, The Corporation of the District of	Greater Vancouver	May 13, 1907	84,412	82,562	2.2	160.76	525.1
Northern Rockies^[3]	Northern Rockies Regional Municipality	Northern Rockies	February 6, 2009	5,290^[6]	5,702	−7.2	85,014.52	0.1
Oak Bay	Oak Bay, The Corporation of the District of	Capital	July 2, 1906	18,015	17,908	0.6	10.53	1,710.3
Peachland	Peachland, The Corporation of the District of	Central Okanagan	January 1, 1909	5,200	4,883	6.5	15.75	330.2
Port Edward	Port Edward, District of	Skeena-Queen Charlotte	June 29, 1966	544	577	−5.7	168.01	3.2
Port Hardy	Port Hardy, District of	Mount Waddington	May 5, 1966	4,008	3,822	4.9	38.73	103.5
Saanich	Saanich, The Corporation of the District of	Capital	March 1, 1906	109,752	108,265	1.4	103.78	1,057.6
Sechelt	Sechelt, District of	Sunshine Coast	February 15, 1956	9,291	8,454	9.9	39.01	238.2
Sicamous	Sicamous, District of	Columbia Shuswap	December 4, 1989	2,441	2,676	−8.8	12.71	192.0
Sooke	Sooke, District of	Capital	December 7, 1999	11,435	9,699	17.9	56.72	201.6
Spallumcheen	Spallumcheen, The Corporation of the Township of	North Okanagan	July 21, 1892	5,055	4,960	1.9	255.77	19.8
Sparwood	Sparwood, District of	East Kootenay	October 6, 1964	3,667	3,618	1.4	191.01	19.2
Squamish	Squamish, District of	Squamish-Lillooet	May 18, 1948	17,158	14,949	14.8	104.88	163.6
Stewart	Stewart, District of	Kitimat-Stikine	May 16, 1930	494	496	−0.4	552.08	0.9
Summerland	Summerland, The Corporation of the District of	Okanagan-Similkameen	December 21, 1906	11,280	10,828	4.2	74.06	152.3
Taylor	Taylor, District of	Peace River	August 23, 1958	1,373	1,384	−0.8	17.09	80.4
Tofino	Tofino, District of	Alberni-Clayoquot	February 5, 1932	1,876	1,655	13.4	10.53	178.2
Tumbler Ridge^[a]	Tumbler Ridge, District of	Peace River	April 9, 1981	2,710	2,454	10.4	1,558.97	1.7
Ucluelet	Ucluelet, District of	Alberni-Clayoquot	February 26, 1952	1,627	1,487	9.4	6.81	238.9
Vanderhoof	Vanderhoof, District of	Bulkley-Nechako	January 22, 1926	4,480	4,064	10.2	54.83	81.7
Wells^[b]	Wells, District of	Cariboo	June 29, 1998	245	236	3.8	158.28	1.5
West Vancouver	West Vancouver, The Corporation of the District of	Greater Vancouver	March 15, 1912	42,694	42,131	1.3	87.26	489.3
Total district municipalities	—	—	—	777,017	743,030	4.6	92,425.88	8.4

Notes:

^ Incorporated in 1981, Tumbler Ridge was developed as a company town by Denison Mines, Teck Corporation and the Japanese Steel Industry in cooperation with the Government of British Columbia.^[7]
^ Wells was founded as a company town for the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine.^[8]