Back Columbia-Shuswap Regional District CEB Columbia-Shuswap Regional District German District régional de Columbia-Shuswap French Distretto regionale di Columbia-Shuswap Italian コロンビア・シュスワップ地域 Japanese Columbia-Shuswap Polish ضلع کولمبیا شسواپ PNB Distrito Regional de Columbia-Shuswap Portuguese Distrikti rajonal Kolumbia-Shuswap Albanian Columbia-Shuswap Regional District Swedish
Columbia–Shuswap | |
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| Columbia–Shuswap Regional District | |
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 Location in British Columbia | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Named for | Columbia River, Shuswap Lake |
| Administrative office location | Salmon Arm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Regional district |
| • Body | Board of directors |
| • Chair | Kevin Flynn (City of Salmon Arm) |
| • Vice chair | Rhona Martin (E) |
| • Electoral areas | |
| Area | |
| • Land | 28,929.19 km2 (11,169.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 57,021 |
| Time zones | |
| Electoral areas B–F / Glacier National Park | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| Electoral area A (excluding Glacier) | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Website | www |
The Columbia–Shuswap Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Southern Interior region[4] on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary, Alberta. The regional district borders the Province of Alberta across the Rocky Mountains.
Columbia–Shuswap regional district comprises the regions known as the Shuswap Country, which focuses around Shuswap Lake and lies to the north of the Okanagan region, and the northern part of the Columbia Country, namely the "Big Bend" of the valley of the Columbia River from the Town of Golden to the historic City of Revelstoke, British Columbia. (Revelstoke is sometimes referred to as being in the North Kootenay, Golden is usually thought of as being part of the East Kootenay sub-region, the Columbia Valley). The Canada 2021 Census population was 57,021, spread over a land area of 28,929 square km and a water area of over 2,000 square km. The regional district's offices are in Salmon Arm, near the southwest corner of the regional district.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2021 and 2016 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Columbia–Shuswap Regional District". BC Geographical Names.