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Encyclopedia > List of British Columbia Regional Districts

The Canadian Province of British Columbia is divided into Regional Districts, analogous to counties in other jurisdictions. The province provides a primer (http://www.mcaws.gov.bc.ca/lgd/pol_research/rdprimer.html) to explain the concept, as well as more detailed regional district maps (http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/pop/maps/rdmap.htm).


The districts, shown with their district seats:

  • Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District—Port Alberni
  • Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako—Burns Lake
  • Capital Regional District—Victoria
  • Cariboo Regional District—Williams Lake
  • Central Coast Regional District—Bella Coola
  • Regional District of Central Kootenay—Nelson
  • Regional District of Central Okanagan—Kelowna
  • Columbia-Shuswap Regional District—Salmon Arm
  • Regional District of Comox-Strathcona—Courtenay
  • Cowichan Valley Regional District—Duncan
  • Regional District of East Kootenay—Cranbrook
  • Fraser Valley Regional District—Chilliwack
  • Regional District of Fraser-Fort George—Prince George
  • Greater Vancouver Regional District—Burnaby
  • Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine—Terrace
  • Regional District of Kootenay Boundary—Trail
  • Regional District of Mount Waddington—Port McNeill
  • Regional District of Nanaimo—Nanaimo
  • Regional District of North OkanaganColdstream
  • Northern Rockies Regional District—Fort Nelson
  • Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen—Penticton
  • Peace River Regional District—Dawson Creek
  • Powell River Regional District—Powell River
  • Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District—Prince Rupert
  • Squamish-Lillooet Regional District—Pemberton
  • Stikine Region—n/a
  • Sunshine Coast Regional District—Sechelt
  • Thompson-Nicola Regional District—Kamloops

See also: list of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia


  Results from FactBites:
 
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/British Columbia (6557 words)
British Columbia is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on its west, by the American state of Alaska on its Northwest, and to the north by the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, on the east by the province of Alberta, and on the south by the states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
The province's mainland away from coastal regions are not as moderated by the Pacific Ocean, and range from desert and semi-arid plateau, range and canyon districts of the Interior Plateau.
The Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, Iona Campagnolo, is the Queen of Canada's representative in the Province of British Columbia.
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