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The province of British Columbia is divided into exactly twenty-eight regional districts. Each regional district is a federation of its component municipalities and electoral areas. Initially enabled by the Municipal Act of 1965, the regional districts have three basic roles:

1. Act as a regional government over issues affecting the entire region, particularly in the area of service delivery
2. Provide administrative framework for economic or service partnerships between two or more municipalities or areas, and
3. In the absence of incorporated municipalities, the regional district acts as the "local" government for rural areas.

Regional districts in British Columbia are somewhat analogous to counties in the United Kingdom or the United States, or departments in France.

Subcategories

• 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
• Greater Vancouver
• Kitimat-Stikine
• Kootenay Boundary
• Mount Waddington
• Nanaimo
• North Okanagan
• Northern Rockies
• Okanagan-Similkameen
• Peace River
• Powell River
• Skeena-Queen Charlotte
• Squamish-Lillooet
• Stikine
• Strathcona
• Sunshine Coast
• Thompson-Nicola

Resources in This Category

• BC Stats

  http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/Geography/ReferenceMaps/Census.aspx
  Includes maps, population, land area, and detailed demographics for regional districts.

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