Regional District of Central Okanagan

Central Okanagan
Central Okanagan
Regional district
	Regional District of Central Okanagan
	Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna
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	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	Central Okanagan East; Central Okanagan West;
Area
• Land	2,904.86 km2 (1,121.57 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	194,882
• Density	67.1/km2 (174/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
Website	www.rdco.com

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.

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

Cities
- Kelowna
- West Kelowna
District municipalities
- Lake Country
- Peachland

Communities and neighbourhoods

Kelowna neighbourhoods

Belgo
Benvoulin
Black Mountain
Braeloch
Central City
Clifton
Crawford
Dilworth
Downtown
East Kelowna
Glenmore
Kettle Valley
KLO
McKinley Landing
Midtown
Mission
Pandosy
Rutland
Southeast Kelowna
Southridge
Quail Ridge

District municipality villages

Carr's Landing
Casa Loma
Ellison
Glenrosa
Lakeview Heights
Okanagan Centre
Oyama
Rose Valley
Shannon Lake
Westbank
Winfield

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)

Governed by the Okanagan Indian Band:
- Duck Lake 7 (N end Ellison Lake, just south of Winfield)
Governed by the Westbank First Nation
- Tsinstikeptum 9 (in West Kelowna)
- Tsinstikeptum 10 (usually known as the Westbank Indian Reserve, in West Kelowna)
- Mission Creek 8 (Okanagan Mission)
- Medicine Creek 12, 10 km SE of Kelowna
- Medicine Hill 11, 15 km SE of Kelowna

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]

Panethnic groups in the Central Okanagan Regional District (2001−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[4]		2016^[5]		2011^[6]		2006^[7]		2001^[8]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	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^[b]	5,870	2.69%	4,545	2.39%	3,425	1.94%	2,965	1.85%	2,510	1.72%
Southeast Asian^[c]	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^[d]	1,495	0.68%	695	0.36%	360	0.2%	255	0.16%	140	0.1%
Other^[e]	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%

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

Notes

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

References

^ "Regional District Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
^ ^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.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2023.