The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a

regional district In the province of British Columbia in Canada, a regional district is an administrative subdivision of the province that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and governmental authority. there were 28 regional districts in ...

in the

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, representing the

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of Greater Kelowna, which comprises the City of

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ' ...

, City of

West Kelowna West Kelowna, formerly known as Westbank and colloquially known as Westside, is a city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. The city encompasses several distinct neighbourhoods, including Casa Loma, Gellatly, Glenrosa, Lakeview Heights, Sha ...

and their surrounding municipalities. The regional district's offices are located in Kelowna.

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defines the Kelowna CMA (

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) 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 Westbank First Nation is a self-governing First Nations band in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada, and is one of eight bands that comprise the Okanagan Nation Alliance. Westbank First Nation (WFN) is governed by one chief (Chr ...

). The

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is 2,904.86 square kilometres.

Communities

Incorporated municipalities

*Cities **

*District municipalities **

Lake Country Lake Country is a district municipality with a population of approximately 15,000 in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of the Central Okanagan Regional District, and of the Kelowna metropolitan area. The city ...

Peachland Peachland is a district municipality in the Okanagan Valley on the west side of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1899 by John Moore Robinson, although the region had long been home to the Okanagan people. Peachland ...

Communities and neighbourhoods

*Kelowna neighbourhoods *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 *

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* 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 A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

* 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 The Okanagan Indian Band ( oka, N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon in the northern Okanagan Valley. The band is a member government of the Okanagan Nation Allia ...

: ** Duck Lake 7 (N end Ellison Lake, just south of Winfield) *Governed by the

** Tsinstikeptum 9 (in West Kelowna) ** Tsinstikeptum 10 (usually known as the Westbank Indian Reserve, in West Kelowna) **

Mission Creek 8 Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity *Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

(Okanagan Mission) **

Medicine Creek 12 Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

, 10 km SE of Kelowna ** Medicine Hill 11, 15 km SE of Kelowna

Demographics

As a

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in the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

, the Regional District of Central Okanagan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile - RDCOStatistics Canada 2006 Community Profile: Central Okanagan

External links

* {{Coord, 49.888028, N, 119.495417, W, type:adm2nd_source:itwiki, display=title Regional districts of British Columbia