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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Panethnic groups in the Cowichan Valley Regional District (1986–2021)Panethnicgroup20212016201120062001199619911986 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 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 Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
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References
Community Profile: Cowichan Valley Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada]
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