Sunshine Coast Regional District
Sunshine Coast | |
---|---|
Sechelt | |
Government | |
• Type | Regional district |
• Body | Board of Directors |
• Chair | Leonard Lee (Area A) |
• Vice Chair | Donna McMahon (Area E) |
• Electoral Areas |
|
Area | |
• Land | 3,773.73 km2 (1,457.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 32,170 |
• Density | 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi) |
Website | www |
The Sunshine Coast Regional District is a
Sechelt
.
Geography
The majority of the Sunshine Coast is sparsely populated. The
2016 census reported a total population of 29,970 persons[3]
living on a land area of 3,778.17 km2 (1,458.76 sq mi).
The Sunshine Coast is typically accessed via boat or plane; no roads connect the district with the rest of the province. From Vancouver, ferries run from
Saltery Bay
.
Communities
District municipality
- Sechelt - Pop 10,201
Town
- Gibsons - Pop 4,605
First Nations Government District
- shíshálh Nation Government District (sNGD)(Partial) - Pop 767 (2021)
First Nations Reserve Lands
- Chekwelp26
- Chekwelp 26A
- Schaltuuch 27
Unincorporated
- Roberts Creek - Pop 3,421
- Halfmoon Bay
- Madeira Park
- Garden Bay
- Egmont
- Hopkins Landing
- Langdale
Electoral Area | Pop 2021 | % change
2016 - 2021 |
Pop 2016 | Area Km2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
A - Pender Harbour/Egmont/Madeira Park | 3,039 | 16.0 | 2,619 | 1,898 |
B - Halfmoon Bay | 2,969 | 8.9 | 2,726 | 1,270 |
D - Roberts Creek | 3,523 | 3.0 | 3,421 | 143 |
E - Elphinstone | 3,883 | 6.0 | 3,664 | 22 |
F - West Howe Sound
|
2,407 | 17.8 | 2,043 | 381 |
Sources Statistic Canada Census. Area A revised from 2,678 (2016)[4]
Demographics
As a
census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Sunshine Coast Regional District had a population of 32,170 living in 14,935 of its 17,982 total private dwellings, a change of 7.3% from its 2016 population of 29,970. With a land area of 3,767.43 km2 (1,454.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.5/km2 (22.1/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
Panethnic group |
2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | 2006[9] | 2001[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
European[a] | 26,370 | 83.69% | 25,320 | 86.21% | 25,220 | 89.85% | 24,770 | 90.04% | 23,515 | 92.4% |
Indigenous | 2,270 | 7.2% | 2,020 | 6.88% | 1,430 | 5.09% | 1,485 | 5.4% | 1,215 | 4.77% |
Southeast Asian[b] | 930 | 2.95% | 560 | 1.91% | 490 | 1.75% | 230 | 0.84% | 155 | 0.61% |
East Asian[c] | 830 | 2.63% | 800 | 2.72% | 595 | 2.12% | 510 | 1.85% | 340 | 1.34% |
South Asian | 435 | 1.38% | 235 | 0.8% | 125 | 0.45% | 95 | 0.35% | 45 | 0.18% |
African
|
230 | 0.73% | 170 | 0.58% | 115 | 0.41% | 135 | 0.49% | 100 | 0.39% |
Latin American | 135 | 0.43% | 100 | 0.34% | 20 | 0.07% | 115 | 0.42% | 55 | 0.22% |
Middle Eastern[d] | 85 | 0.27% | 45 | 0.15% | 15 | 0.05% | 60 | 0.22% | 35 | 0.14% |
Other[e] | 230 | 0.73% | 115 | 0.39% | 60 | 0.21% | 90 | 0.33% | 10 | 0.04% |
Total responses | 31,510 | 97.95% | 29,370 | 98% | 28,070 | 98.08% | 27,510 | 99.1% | 25,450 | 99.42% |
Total population | 32,170 | 100% | 29,970 | 100% | 28,619 | 100% | 27,759 | 100% | 25,599 | 100% |
- Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Provincial Parks
See also
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- Sources
- Notes
- ^ "Board of Directors". Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ [1]. 12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved on 2020-11-07.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Select from a list of geographies - British Columbia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 20, 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (July 2, 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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