The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing the metropolitan area of Greater Kelowna, which comprises the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna and their surrounding municipalities. The regional district's offices are located in Kelowna.

Central Okanagan
Regional district
Regional District of Central Okanagan
Downtown Kelowna from West Kelowna
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Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Established	1967
Administrative office location	Kelowna
Government [1]
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of directors
• Chair	Gail Given (Kelowna)
• Vice chair	Gord Milsom (West Kelowna)
• Electoral areas	Central Okanagan East Central Okanagan West
Area
• Land	2,904.86 km2 (1,121.57 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	194,882
• Density	67.1/km2 (174/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
Website	www.rdco.com

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 neighborhoods

• 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
• Shelters Cove
• Traders Cove
• Trepanier Bench
• Upper Fintry
• Valley of the Sun
• Wainman Cove
• Westshores 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 222,162 living in 94,335 of its 102,097 total private dwellings, a change of 14% from its 2016 population of 194,892. With a land area of 2,902.45 km² (1,120.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 76.5/km² (198.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]

References

• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile - RDCO
• Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile: Central Okanagan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Regional District of Central Okanagan.

• Official website