Regional District of Central Okanagan

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The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the City of Kelowna and its surrounding bedroom municipalities.

Statistics Canada defines the Kelowna CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) as being identical in area with the RDCO. The population in 2005 was 165,221, 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 area is 2,904.00 square kilometres.

The regional district's offices are located in Kelowna itself.

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Communities

Cities

District municipalities & communities

Regional district electoral areas

Central Okanagan West Electoral (Central Okanagan J)

Central Okanagan West Electoral Area is formerly 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 G

Central Okanagan H

Central Okanagan East (Central Okanagan I)

Indian Reserves

(within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)

  • Governed by the Okanagan Indian Band:
    • Duck Lake 7 (N end Ellison Lake, just south of Winfield)
  • Governed by the Westbank First Nation
  • Tsinstikeptum 9 (in West Kelowna)
  • Tsinstikeptum 10 (usually known as the Westbank Indian Reserve, in West Kelowna)
  • Mission Creek 8 (Okanagan Mission)
  • Medicine Creek 12, 10 km SE of Kelowna
  • Medicine Hill 11, 15 km SE of Kelowna

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