Regional District of Central Okanagan

Central Okanagan
Central Okanagan
	Regional district
	Regional District of Central Okanagan
	Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna
	Logo
	Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Established	1967
Office location	Kelowna
Government
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of Directors
• Chair	Gail Given (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	regionaldistrict.com

The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, comprising the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna and their surrounding municipalities. The regional district's offices are 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 2005 was 165,221, 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 neighborhoods

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

Beau Park
Blue Grouse
Brent Road
Caesars Landing
Cinnabar Estates
Crystal Mountain
Estamont
Ewings Landing
Fintry Delta
Jenny Creek
Killiney Beach
La Casa Resort
Lake Okanagan Resort
Muirallen Estates
Nahun
Pine Point
Secret Cove
Shelters Cove
Traders Cove
Trepanier Bench
Upper Fintry
Valley of the Sun
Wainman Cove
Westshores Estates
Wilson Landing

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

Ethnic groups in Metro Kelowna (2016) Source: [1]		Population	%
Ethnic group	European	156,375	82.1%
	Aboriginal	13,190	6.9%
	South Asian	3,925	2.1%
	Chinese	2,340	1.2%
	Filipino	1,885	1%
	Japanese	1,575	0.8%
	Black	1,260	0.7%
	Latin American	1,070	0.6%
	Southeast Asian	770	0.4%
	Korean	630	0.3%
	West Asian	390	0.2%
	Arab	300	0.2%
	Multiple minorities	505	0.3%
	Visible minority, n.i.e.	285	0.1%
Total population		194,882	100%

References

^ "Regional District Board of Directors". Retrieved 2019-07-09.
^ ^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.

External links

[1] "Regional District Board of Directors". Retrieved 2019-07-09.

[2016censusBC_CDs-2] "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.

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