Cowichan Valley
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| Cowichan Valley Regional District | |
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Location in British Columbia
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Administrative office location | Duncan |
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| • Type | Regional district |
| • Body | Board of directors |
| • Chair | Ian Morrison (F) |
| • Vice chair | Sierra Acton (B) |
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| Area | |
| • Land | 3,474.52 km2 (1,341.52 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
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| • Total | 89,013 |
| • Density | 25.6/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian provinceofBritish Columbia that is on the southern part of Vancouver Island,[3] 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 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 IslandsofThetis, Penelakut and Valdes. The total land area is 3,473.12 km2 (1,340.98 sq mi).
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cowichan Valley Regional District had a population of 89,013 living in 37,290 of its 40,174 total private dwellings, a change of 6.3% from its 2016 population of 83,739. With a land area of 3,472.48 km2 (1,340.73 sq mi), it had a population density of 25.6/km2 (66.4/sq mi) in 2021.[4]
| Panethnic group |
2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | 2006[8] | 2001[9] | 1996[10] | 1991[11][12] | 1986[13][14][15]: 104 | ||||||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European[a] | 71,460 | 81.83% | 68,415 | 83.55% | 66,975 | 85.13% | 65,875 | 86.14% | 62,275 | 87.32% | 62,445 | 88.54% | 52,955 | 88.09% | 46,080 | 88.57% |
| Indigenous | 10,985 | 12.58% | 9,660 | 11.8% | 8,525 | 10.84% | 7,420 | 9.7% | 6,260 | 8.78% | 5,655 | 8.02% | 5,110 | 8.5% | 4,025 | 7.74% |
| South Asian | 1,295 | 1.48% | 1,260 | 1.54% | 1,150 | 1.46% | 1,440 | 1.88% | 1,360 | 1.91% | 1,235 | 1.75% | 1,155 | 1.92% | 1,380 | 2.65% |
| East Asian[b] | 1,280 | 1.47% | 1,025 | 1.25% | 880 | 1.12% | 765 | 1% | 665 | 0.93% | 655 | 0.93% | 405 | 0.67% | 350 | 0.67% |
| Southeast Asian[c] | 905 | 1.04% | 715 | 0.87% | 655 | 0.83% | 520 | 0.68% | 300 | 0.42% | 190 | 0.27% | 175 | 0.29% | 55 | 0.11% |
| African | 630 | 0.72% | 305 | 0.37% | 185 | 0.24% | 160 | 0.21% | 215 | 0.3% | 190 | 0.27% | 140 | 0.23% | 65 | 0.12% |
| Latin American | 265 | 0.3% | 150 | 0.18% | 100 | 0.13% | 95 | 0.12% | 65 | 0.09% | 30 | 0.04% | 30 | 0.05% | 35 | 0.07% |
| Middle Eastern[d] | 140 | 0.16% | 130 | 0.16% | 35 | 0.04% | 75 | 0.1% | 75 | 0.11% | 70 | 0.1% | 145 | 0.24% | 35 | 0.07% |
| Other[e] | 375 | 0.43% | 225 | 0.27% | 160 | 0.2% | 130 | 0.17% | 95 | 0.13% | 50 | 0.07% | — | — | — | — |
| Total responses | 87,330 | 98.11% | 81,885 | 97.79% | 78,675 | 97.94% | 76,475 | 99.41% | 71,315 | 99.05% | 70,525 | 99.36% | 60,115 | 99.27% | 52,025 | 99.16% |
| Total population | 89,013 | 100% | 83,739 | 100% | 80,332 | 100% | 76,929 | 100% | 71,998 | 100% | 70,978 | 100% | 60,560 | 100% | 52,466 | 100% |
Places adjacent to Cowichan Valley Regional District
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