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The qathet Regional District[lower-alpha 1] (/ˈkæθɛt/, qRD) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its only incorporated municipality is the City of Powell River, although it includes a number of unincorporated areas. The district encompasses a land area of 5,075.33 square kilometres (1,959.60 sq mi). The district was formerly known as the Powell River Regional District. Because of frequent confusion between the identical names of Powell River district and city, the district's name was changed in 2018 to qathet, from q̓at̓ᶿət, meaning "working together, bringing together" in the Comox language of the Tla'amin Nation.[3]

qathet
Powell River (1967–2018)
Regional district
qathet Regional District
City of Powell River
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Administrative office locationPowell River
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of Directors
 • ChairPatrick Brabazon (A)
 • Electoral Areas
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
Area
 • Land5,075.33 km2 (1,959.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total20,070
 • Density3.95/km2 (10.2/sq mi)
Websitewww.qathet.ca

Geography


The district is bounded by the mainland portion of the Strathcona Regional District to the north, and to the east by the Squamish-Lillooet and Sunshine Coast Regional Districts. On the mainland, this includes the area southeast of Powell River to the ferry terminal at Saltery Bay and northwest of Powell River to Desolation Sound and the terminus of Highway 101 in Lund. Lasqueti Island and Texada Island, along with the southernmost Discovery Islands (including Hernando and Savary), are included, as are the largely uninhabited lands to the north and west of this area.


Government


Its head offices are located in Powell River. The district is governed by a board of seven directors: five electoral area directors who are elected for a four-year term by voters in the electoral areas, and two municipal directors who are first elected to the City of Powell River’s council and then appointed by council to the regional board. The board chair is elected annually by all directors.


Demographics


As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the qathet Regional District had a population of 21,496 living in 10,057 of its 11,921 total private dwellings, a change of 7.1% from its 2016 population of 20,070. With a land area of 5,067.89 km2 (1,956.72 sq mi), it had a population density of 4.2/km2 (11.0/sq mi) in 2021.[4] As of the 2006 census, 19,599 people lived in the district.


Notes


  1. The orthography of the indigenous Comox language does not use capital letters.

References


  1. "Regional Board". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. Brindle, David (July 5, 2018). "Province approves Powell River Regional District name change: Area to be rebranded as qathet Regional District". Powell River Peak. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.


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