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The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. In the 2016 census, the population was 60,439. Its area is 27,542.69 km2 (10,634.29 sq mi). The regional district offices are in Cranbrook, the largest community in the region. Other important population centres include the cities of Kimberley and Fernie, and the district municipality of Invermere and Sparwood. Despite its name, the regional district does not include all of the region known as the East Kootenay, which includes the Creston Valley and the east shore of Kootenay Lake.

East Kootenay
Regional district
Regional District of East Kootenay
Kootenay National Park
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Cranbrook
Kimberley
Fernie
Invermere
Elkford
Radium Hot Springs
Canal Flats
Major communities
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Administrative office locationCranbrook
Government
[1]
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairRob Gay (C)
 • Vice chairClara Reinhardt (Radium Hot Springs)
 • Electoral areas
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • E
  • F
  • G
Area
 • Land27,541.84 km2 (10,633.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total60,439
 • Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
Time zones
Most of the districtUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight (MDT))
Electoral area C (no DST)UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
Websitewww.rdek.bc.ca

Geography


Main article: Kootenays

The regional district's dominant landform is the Rocky Mountain Trench, which is flanked by the Purcell Mountains and Rocky Mountains on the east and west, and includes the Columbia Valley region, the southern half of which is in the regional district (its northern half is in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District). Another distinct area within the regional district is the Elk Valley in the southern Rockies, which is the entrance to the Crowsnest Pass and an important coal-mining region. Other than the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, whose valleys form the bottomlands of the Rocky Mountain Trench, also included in the regional district are the northernmost parts of the basins of the Flathead, Moyie and Yahk Rivers (the Moyie and Yahk are tributaries of the Kootenay, entering it in the United States, and the Flathead is a tributary of the Clark Fork in Montana).


Demographics


As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of East Kootenay had a population of 65,896 living in 28,264 of its 35,931 total private dwellings, a change of 9% from its 2016 population of 60,439. With a land area of 27,514.1 km2 (10,623.3 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.4/km2 (6.2/sq mi) in 2021.[3]


Municipalities


Municipality Government Type Population
Cranbrook city 20,047
Kimberley city 7,425
Fernie city 5,249
Sparwood district municipality 3,784
Invermere district municipality 3.391
Jumbo Glacier mountain resort municipality 0
Elkford district municipality 2,499
Radium Hot Springs village 776
Canal Flats village 668

Health care


The largest hospital in the region is the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook.[4] There are also hospitals in Creston (Creston Valley Hospital),[5] Fernie (Elk Valley Hospital),[6] Invermere (Invermere & District Hospital),[7] and Golden (Golden & District Hospital).[8] Primary health centers are present in Sparwood and Elkford.[9][10]


First Nations


The First Nations people who live in the East Kootenay are from the Ktunaxa Nation.[11] There are currently four bands Columbia Lake First Nation near Windermere, Lower Kootenay First Nation near Creston, St. Mary's First Nation near Cranbrook, and Tobacco Plains First Nation near Grasmere.[11]


See also



References


  1. "Board of Directors". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. "Information Page". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. "Information Page". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. "Information Page". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. "Invermere & District Hospital". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. "Golden & District Hospital". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  9. "Sparwood Primary Health Care". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  10. "Elkford Health Centre". www.interiorhealth.ca. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  11. "Our History – Lower Kootenay Band". lowerkootenay.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.


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Ист-Кутеней (англ. East Kootenay Regional District) — один из 29 региональных округов Британской Колумбии, Канада. На 2016 год в округе проживало 60 439 человек.


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