Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District

The Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia. It is located on British Columbia's west coast and includes Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands), the largest of which are Graham Island and Moresby Island. Its administrative offices are in the City of Prince Rupert.

Description

Area: 19,716.14 km²
Population (2006): 19,664

Electoral areas

Area A - Skeena North: 29
- Dodge Cove (unincorporated community): 29 (down from 52 in 2011)^[1]

Area C - Skeena South: 147
- Oona River (unincorporated community): 147 (up from 37 in 2011)^[2]

Area D - Haida Gwaii North: 524
- Rural Graham Island: 524 (down from 607 in 2006)^[3]
  - Tlell
  - Tow Hill
  - Lawn Hill
  - Miller Creek

Area E - Haida Gwaii South: 317
- pop 2011 was 317, down from 402 in 2006^[4]
  - Sandspit (unincorporated community): 297 (down from 387 in 2006)^[5]

Municipalities

Indian reserves

In addition to 7,700 aboriginal persons listed in the regional district's community profile at Statistics Canada,^[6] there are four separate Indian reserve communities within the regional district whose populations are not included within the regional district's figures, and which are governed separately by their respective band governments. These Indian reserves are:

Old Massett (Masset Indian Reserve No. 1);
Skidegate (Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1);
Metlakatla; and
Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson Indian Reserve No. 1).

References

↑ Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'A'
↑ Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'C'
↑ Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'D'
↑ Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'E'
↑ "Census Profile: Sandspit, UNP, British Columbia (Designated place)". Statistics Canada. January 8, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles: Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia (Regional District)". Statistics Canada. August 26, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

External links

Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District Web page

Subdivisions of British Columbia

Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts Health regions Counties (court system)

Communities	Municipalities Cities District municipalities Indian government districts Island municipalities Mountain resort municipalities Regional municipalities Resort municipalities Towns Villages Ghost towns Indian reserves

Metro areas and agglomerations	Abbotsford–Mission Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Census agglomerations

Regional districts	Alberni-Clayoquot Bulkley-Nechako Capital Cariboo Central Coast Central Kootenay Central Okanagan Columbia-Shuswap Comox Valley Cowichan Valley East Kootenay Fraser Valley Fraser-Fort George Kitimat-Stikine Kootenay Boundary Greater Vancouver Mount Waddington Nanaimo North Okanagan Northern Rockies Okanagan-Similkameen Peace River Powell River Stikine Region (non-RD) Skeena-Queen Charlotte Squamish-Lillooet Strathcona Sunshine Coast Thompson-Nicola

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Coordinates: 53°44′56″N 132°00′11″W / 53.749°N 132.003°W / 53.749; -132.003

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