Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine

The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.[3] As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of 104,464.61 square kilometres (40,334.01 sq mi). Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007.

Kitimat–Stikine
Regional district
Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
Terrace townsite
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Administrative office locationTerrace
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairPhilip Germuth (Kitimat)
 • Vice chairJames Cordeiro (Terrace)
 • Electoral areas
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
Area
 • Land104,464.61 km2 (40,334.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total37,367
 • Density0.358/km2 (0.93/sq mi)
Websiterdks.bc.ca

Municipalities
Municipality Government Type Population
Terrace city 15,723
Kitimat district municipality 8,335
New Hazelton district municipality 666
Stewart district municipality 494
Hazelton village 270

Demographics
Population history
YearPop.±%
199643,618—    
200140,876−6.3%
200637,999−7.0%
201137,361−1.7%
201637,367+0.0%
202137,790+1.1%
Source: Statistics Canada

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of 37,790 living in 15,306 of its 17,386 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of 104,307.25 km2 (40,273.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Ethnic groups in Kitimat–Stikine RD (2016)
Source: 		Population %
Ethnic groupEuropean23,12562.6%
Aboriginal12,91535%
South Asian5751.6%
Filipino3250.9%
Black2100.6%
Chinese1850.5%
Latin American1400.4%
Korean750.2%
Japanese700.2%
Southeast Asian300.1%
West Asian150%
Arab100%
Multiple minorities550.1%
Visible minority, n.i.e.250.1%
Total population37,367100%

References
  1. "Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. "Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine". BC Geographical Names.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.


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