Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

YK

NWT

AB

USA

AK

Alberni
Clayoquot

Bulkley
Nechako

Capital

Cariboo

Central
Coast

Central
Kootenay

Central
Okanagan

Columbia
Shuswap

Comox
Valley

Cowichan

East
Kootenay

Fraser
Valley

Fraser
Fort George

Kitimat
Stikine

Kootenay
Boundary

MV

Mount
Waddington

Nanaimo

North
Okanagan

Northern
Rockies

Okanagan
Similkameen

Peace
River

Powell
River

Skeena
Queen Charlotte

Squamish
Lillooet

Stikine

Strathcona

Sunshine
Coast

Thompson
Nicola

The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Southern Interior region on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary. The regional district comprises the regions known as the Shuswap Country, which focuses around Shuswap Lake and lies to the north of the Okanagan, 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 City of Revelstoke (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 2006 Census population was 50,141. The regional district's offices are in Salmon Arm.

Communities

Incorporated Communities

• Salmon Arm- 16,012
• Revelstoke- 7,230
• Golden- 3,811
• Sicamous- 2,676

Regional District Electoral Areas

• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "A" - 3,097
• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "B" - 706
• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "C"- 7,695
• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "D"- 3,899
• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "E" - 1,528
• Columbia-Shuswap Electoral Area "F" - 2,731

Unincorporated Communities

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• Anglemont- 454
• Blind Bay- 1,149
• Celista- 408
• Craigellachie
• Eagle Bay- 528
• Falkland- 805
• Malawka- 619
• Notch Hill- 515
• Ranchero- 971
• Scotch Creek- 762
• Silver Creek- 1,038
• Sorrento- 1,360
• Sunnybrae- 699
• Swansea Point- 243
• Tappen- 773
• White Lake- 623

References

• Community Profile: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

External links

• Columbia Shuswap Regional District
• "Columbia-Shuswap Regional District". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/20398.html. 

Coordinates: 51°25′00″N 117°40′00″W / 51.4166667°N 117.6666667°W / 51.4166667; -117.6666667