The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,790 living on a land area of . Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. There are many unincorporated communities, most of them Indian reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007. Thornhill (Kitimat-Stikine E (Regional district electoral area) [Census subdivision]) is the largest unincorporated community in the regional district with a population of 3,932 residents.
Municipalities Municipality Government type Population (2021) Population (2016)% changeTerracecity12,01711,6433.2Kitimatdistrict municipality8,2368,1311.3Thornhill(Kitimat-Stikine E)unincorporated community3,9323,993-1,5New Hazeltondistrict municipality6025803.8Stewartdistrict municipality51740128.9Hazeltonvillage257313-17.9
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of 37,790 living in 15,306 of its 17,386 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
+ Panethnic groups in the Kitimat–Stikine Regional District (1991−2021)Panethnicgroup2021201620112006200119961991 European 21,590 21,960 23,040 23,850 27,975 31,230 29,135 Indigenous 13,415 13,265 12,660 12,275 10,960 10,210 10,670 South Asian 895 575 520 995 975 1,005 1,385 Southeast Asian 480 355 380 195 225 205 160 East Asian 435 330 250 285 235 480 355 African 230 210 40 85 170 160 140 Latin American 110 140 55 85 135 75 30 Middle Eastern 45 25 0 0 10 30 30 Other 70 80 55 40 35 50 Total responses 37,270 36,940 37,025 37,815 40,720 43,440 41,905 Total population 37,790 37,367 37,361 37,999 40,876 43,618 42,053
Climate Climate normals are from Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, located south of Terrace (about south of downtown).
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References
Community Profile: Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada
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