Comox Valley Regional District

The Comox Valley Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada.[3] It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the southeastern portions of the former Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, and centred about the Comox Valley. The partition left the new Comox Valley Regional District with only 8.4 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but 57.9 percent of its population. The CVRD covers an area of 2,425 square kilometres, of which 1,725 square kilometres is land (the remainder is water), and serves a population of 72,445 according to the 2023 Census.[4] The district borders the Strathcona Regional District to the northwest, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District to the southwest, and the Regional District of Nanaimo to the southeast, as well as the qathet Regional District along the Strait of Georgia to the east.

Comox Valley
Regional district
Comox Valley Regional District
Official logo of Comox Valley
Logo
A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Administrative office locationCourtenay
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairJesse Ketler
 • Vice chairWill Cole-Hamilton
 • Electoral areas
  • A - Baynes Sound–Denman/Hornby Islands
  • B - Lazo North
  • C - Puntledge–Black Creek
Area
 • Land1,699.90 km2 (656.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total72,445
 • Density39.1/km2 (101/sq mi)
Websitewww.comoxvalleyrd.ca

Two Indian reserves, K'omoks Indian Reserve No. 1 and Puntledge Indian Reserve No. 2 lie within its territory but are outside its jurisdiction. The census divisions comprising the new Regional District are the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, the district of Black Creek, Electoral Areas A, B, and C, and the two stated Indian reserves.

The administrative offices are in Courtenay, British Columbia.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Comox Valley Regional District had a population of 72,445 living in 31,939 of its 34,412 total private dwellings, a change of 8.9% from its 2016 population of 66,527. With a land area of 1,697.03 km2 (655.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 42.7/km2 (110.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Panethnic groups in the Comox Valley Regional District (2001−2021)
Panethnic
group		 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[lower-alpha 1] 61,875 87.01% 58,640 89.73% 57,425 91.94%
Indigenous 5,210 7.33% 3,825 5.85% 2,910 4.66%
East Asian[lower-alpha 2] 1,230 1.73% 1,180 1.81% 800 1.28%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] 1,050 1.48% 630 0.96% 610 0.98%
South Asian 660 0.93% 400 0.61% 170 0.27%
African 425 0.6% 320 0.49% 245 0.39%
Latin American 265 0.37% 130 0.2% 150 0.24%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] 120 0.17% 65 0.1% 25 0.04%
Other[lower-alpha 5] 290 0.41% 170 0.26% 125 0.2%
Total responses 71,115 98.16% 65,355 98.24% 62,460 98.3%
Total population 72,445 100% 66,527 100% 63,538 100%
  • Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Incorporated communities

Unincorporated communities

Comox Valley A

Known as the Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands electoral area, this electoral area includes the southern portion of the district, on the border with the Alberni-Clayoquot and Nanaimo Regional Districts.

According to the 2016 Canada Census:[9]

  • Population: 7,293
  • % Change (2011-2016): 4.5%
  • Dwellings: 4,360
  • Area (km²): 491.99
  • Density (persons per km²): 14.7

Communities

Comox Valley B

Known as the Lazo North electoral area, this electoral area surrounds the town of Comox. It has no administrative or governmental function and is used only to select rural representatives to the regional district board.

According to the 2016 Census:

  • Population: 7,095 (exclusive of any on-Indian Reserve residents)
  • % Change (2011–2016): 2.2%
  • Dwellings: 3,026
  • Area (km²): 54.28
  • Density (persons per km²): 117.9

Communities
  • Balmoral Beach
  • Bates Beach
  • Grantham
  • Lazo
  • Little River
  • Sandwick

Comox Valley C

Known as the Puntledge/Black Creek electoral area, it is located between Courtenay, Campbell River and Strathcona Provincial Park.

According to the 2016 Census:

  • Population: 8,617 (exclusive of any residents of Indian Reserves)
  • % Change (2011–2016): 3.5%
  • Dwellings: 3,572
  • Area (km²): 1073.96
  • Density (persons per km²): 7.1

Communities

Transit
Main article: Comox Valley Transit System

Comox Valley Transit is the regional public transportation system, operated by Watson and Ash Transportation. Funding is provided under a partnership between the region and BC Transit, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.

See also

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

References
  1. "Board Members & Structure". October 26, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Comox Valley Regional District
  4. "Census 2016: Census Divisions - BC Stats". Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  9. http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/Census/2016Census/PopulationHousing/CensusSubdivisions.aspx
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