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The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing two unincorporated Electoral Areas of Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West, along with the member municipalities of the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, the District of Lake Country, the District of Peachland, and Westbank First Nation. The RDCO office is located in Kelowna.
Statistics Canada defines the Kelowna CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) or Kelowna Metropolitan Area as being identical in area with the RDCO. The population in 2016 was 194,882, an increase from the official Canada 2006 Census total of 162,276 (these figures exclude the population of reserves belonging to the Westbank First Nation). The area is 2,904.86 square kilometres.
Communities
Incorporated municipalities
- Cities
- Kelowna
- West Kelowna
- District municipalities
- Lake Country
- Peachland
Communities and neighbourhoods
- Kelowna neighbourhoods
- District municipality villages
Regional district electoral areas
Central Okanagan West Electoral (Central Okanagan J)
Central Okanagan West Electoral Area used to be known as the Westside Electoral Area. It was created from the merger of Central Okanagan G and Central Okanagan H. The 2005 population exclusive of anyone living on an Indian Reserve, was 37,638 people. In 2007 most of the electoral area's population transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly incorporated District Municipality of West Kelowna.
Communities
Central Okanagan West
- Beau Park
- Blue Grouse
- Brent Road
- Caesars Landing
- Cinnabar Estates
- Crystal Mountain
- Estamont
- Ewings Landing
- Fintry Delta
- Jenny Creek
- Killiney Beach
- La Casa Resort
- Lake Okanagan Resort
- Muirallen Estates
- Nahun
- Pine Point
- Secret Cove
- Shelter Cove
- Traders Cove
- Trepanier Bench
- Upper Fintry
- Valley of the Sun
- Wainman Cove
- Westshore Estates
- Wilson Landing
Central Okanagan East (Central Okanagan I)
Indigenous reserves
(within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)
- Governed by the Okanagan Indian Band:
- Duck Lake 7 (N end Ellison Lake, just south of Winfield)
- Governed by the Westbank First Nation
- Tsinstikeptum 9 (in West Kelowna)
- Tsinstikeptum 10 (usually known as the Westbank Indian Reserve, in West Kelowna)
- Mission Creek 8 (Okanagan Mission)
- Medicine Creek 12, 10 km SE of Kelowna
- Medicine Hill 11, 15 km SE of Kelowna
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Central Okanagan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ Panethnic groups in the Central Okanagan Regional District (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |Panethnic<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021
! colspan="2" |2016
! colspan="2" |2011
! colspan="2" |2006
! colspan="2" |2001
|-
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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| European
| 180,675
|
| 164,260
|
| 157,625
|
| 146,120
|
| 136,310
|
|-
| Indigenous
| 13,420
|
| 11,370
|
| 8,260
|
| 6,120
|
| 3,950
|
|-
| South Asian
| 7,425
|
| 3,925
|
| 3,230
|
| 2,345
|
| 1,465
|
|-
| East Asian
| 5,870
|
| 4,545
|
| 3,425
|
| 2,965
|
| 2,510
|
|-
| Southeast Asian
| 4,200
|
| 2,655
|
| 1,470
|
| 1,130
|
| 545
|
|-
| African
| 2,395
|
| 1,255
|
| 780
|
| 660
|
| 455
|
|-
| Latin American
| 1,790
|
| 1,065
|
| 715
|
| 530
|
| 415
|
|-
| Middle Eastern
| 1,495
|
| 695
|
| 360
|
| 255
|
| 140
|
|-
| Other
| 1,250
|
| 790
|
| 560
|
| 435
|
| 155
|
|-
! Total responses
! 218,530
!
! 190,565
!
! 176,435
!
! 160,565
!
! 145,950
!
|-
! Total population
! 222,162
!
! 194,882
!
! 179,839
!
! 162,276
!
! 147,739
!
|}
- Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Notes
References
- Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile - RDCO
- Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile: Central Okanagan