The Thompson–Nicola Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Canada 2021 Census population was 143,680 and the area covers 44,449.49 square kilometres. The administrative offices are in the main population centre of Kamloops, which accounts for 78 percent of the regional district's population. The only other city is Merritt; other municipally-incorporated communities include the District Municipalities of Logan Lake, Barriere and Clearwater and the Villages of Chase, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton and Lytton, and also the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks.

The region is named indirectly for the Thompson River by way of the traditional regional names of "the Thompson Country" and "the Nicola Country"; the Nicola Country was named for Chief Nicola and was originally "Nicola's Country", where he held sway; he is also the namesake of that river. The regional district government operates over 125 services including libraries,Thompson–Nicola Regional Library solid waste management and recycling, community services, emergency and development services, a film commission.TNRD film commission The region is unique in Canada as it consistently holds around some of the hottest summer temperatures in the country, while also containing an area around Ashcroft that may be the only arid climate in Canada.

Municipalities Municipality Government Type Population (2021)Kamloopscity97,902Merrittcity7,051Chasevillage2,399Clearwaterdistrict municipality2,388Logan Lakedistrict municipality 2,255Barrieredistrict municipality1,765Ashcroftvillage1,670Cache Creekvillage969Clintonvillage646Sun Peaksmountain resort municipality1,404Lyttonvillage210

Unincorporated communities 16 Mile 70 Mile House Adams Lake Agate Bay Alpine Valley Aspen Grove Avola Barnhartvale (East) Big Bar Birch Island Black Pines Blackpool Blue River Botanie Valley Brookmere Canford Chasm Cherry Creek Darfield Del Oro Eagan Lake East Barriere Lake East Blackpool Heffley Lake Iron Mountain Jesmond Kane Valley Kelly Lake Knouff Lake Knutsford Lac Le Jeune Little Fort Loon Lake Louis Creek Lower Hat Creek (Carquile) Lower Nicola McLure Monte Creek Monte Lake Paul Lake Paxton Valley Pinantan Lake Pressy Lake Pritchard Quilchena Rivershore Savona South Green Lake Spences Bridge Stump Lake Sunshine Valley Thompson River Estates Tobiano Turtle Valley Upper Clearwater Upper Hat Creek Vavenby Venables Valley Walhachin Westwold Whitecroft

Electoral areas Electoral Area "A" (Wells Gray Country) Electoral Area "B" (Thompson Headwaters) Electoral Area "E" (Bonaparte Plateau) Electoral Area "I" (Blue Sky Country) Electoral Area "J" (Copper Desert Country) Electoral Area "L" Electoral Area "M" Electoral Area "N" Electoral Area "O" Electoral Area "P" (Rivers and the Peaks)

Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Thompson-Nicola 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 , it had a population density of in 2021.

+ Panethnic groups in the Thompson–Nicola Regional District (1991–2021)Panethnicgroup2021201620112006200119961991 European 107,770 103,015 104,615 101,590 101,215 102,055 88,095 Indigenous 19,420 17,555 14,425 13,200 11,590 9,985 10,900 South Asian 4,940 2,960 2,445 2,325 2,525 2,505 2,270 East Asian 2,895 2,710 2,500 2,330 2,130 2,255 1,480 Southeast Asian 1,670 1,145 845 935 520 495 450 African 1,200 700 305 245 400 255 180 Latin American 585 345 175 240 145 175 90 Middle Eastern 345 285 490 150 70 75 70 Other 435 205 165 195 60 180 Total responses 139,265 129,020 125,960 121,225 118,665 117,980 103,535 Total population 143,680 132,663 128,471 122,286 119,222 118,801 104,386 Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Parks The regional district contains more than 60 provincial parks. See List of provincial parks of Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

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