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Spallumcheen is a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Located in the Okanagan region between Vernon and Enderby, the township had a population of 5,055 and land area of 255.77 square kilometres (98.75 sq mi) in the Canada 2011 Census.[3] The district, whose official name is the Township of Spallumcheen and which is the oldest rural municipality in the British Columbia Interior (incorporated in 1892),[4] consists primarily of agricultural land surrounding the separately incorporated City of Armstrong. Both Spallumcheen and Armstrong are member municipalities of the Regional District of North Okanagan.

For other uses, see Spallumcheen (disambiguation).
Spallumcheen
District municipality
The Corporation of the Township of Spallumcheen[1]
Spallumcheen
Location of Spallumcheen in British Columbia
Coordinates: 50°26′N 119°13′W
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Regional districtNorth Okanagan
Incorporated1892
Area
 • Total255.77 km2 (98.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,055
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
Websitewww.spallumcheentwp.bc.ca
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1921 523—    
1931 1,629+211.5%
1941 1,805+10.8%
1951 1,936+7.3%
1956 1,937+0.1%
1961 2,123+9.6%
1966 2,076−2.2%
1971 2,302+10.9%
1976 3,378+46.7%
1981 4,213+24.7%
1986 4,310+2.3%
1991 4,719+9.5%
1996 5,322+12.8%
2001 5,134−3.5%
2006 4,960−3.4%
2011 5,055+1.9%
Sources: Statistics Canada[2]

Etymology


The name is derived from a Shuswap language word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, spalmtsin, which has an Okanagan language cognate spelemtsin, means "flat area along edge". Other variations include Spellmacheen and Spallamcheen, which were the original names used for the Shuswap River, which exits the Shuswap Highland in this area and heads north to Mara and Shuswap Lakes. The same word is the source of the name of the Spillimacheen River and the settlement of the same name in the Columbia Valley.[5][6][7][8]


Demographics


In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Spallumcheen had a population of 5,307 living in 2,036 of its 2,099 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 5,106. With a land area of 254.92 km2 (98.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.8/km2 (53.9/sq mi) in 2021.[9]


See also



References


  1. "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. "British Columbia – Municipal Census Populations (1921–2011)". BC Stats. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  3. "Census subdivision of Spallumcheen, DM – British Columbia". Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  5. Geological Survey of Canada Report 1877-78, by G.M. Dawson
  6. Claudet's Report of his trip to Cherry Creek in 1867, refers to the river as "Spellmacheen". (12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1948, citing G.M. Dawson's 1877-78 Geological Survey Report, p.27B
  7. Dawson, "Shuswap", 43; Ok, 6:136-138, 10:66).
  8. Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997
  9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.



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Spallumcheen (offiziell The Corporation of the Township of Spallumcheen) ist eine Gebietsgemeinde („District Municipality“) im Central Interior, der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia. Die Gemeinde liegt im nördlichen Okanagan Valley und gehört zum Regional District of North Okanagan.
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