Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine

Kitimat–Stikine
Regional district
Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
Terrace townsite
Terrace townsite
Official logo of Kitimat–Stikine
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A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
Location in British Columbia
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Administrative office location Terrace
Government
 • Type Regional district
 • Body Board of directors
 • Chair Philip Germuth (Kitimat)
 • Vice chair James Cordeiro (Terrace)
 • Electoral areas
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
Area
 • Land 104,464.61 km2 (40,334.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total 37,367
 • Density 0.358/km2 (0.93/sq mi)
Website www.rdks.bc.ca

The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of 104,464.61 square kilometres (40,334.01 sq mi). 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. Unincorporated communities are many, 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 is the largest unincorporated community in the regional District with a population of 5000+ residents.

Municipalities

Municipality Government Type Population
Terrace city 12,123
Kitimat district municipality 8,335
New Hazelton district municipality 666
Stewart district municipality 494
Hazelton village 270

Thornhill unincorporated municipality population 5123

Demographics

Population history
Year Pop. ±%
1996 43,618 —    
2001 40,876 −6.3%
2006 37,999 −7.0%
2011 37,361 −1.7%
2016 37,367 +0.0%
2021 37,790 +1.1%
Source: Statistics Canada

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population 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 1.1% from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of 104,307.25 km2 (40,273.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.4/km2 (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Panethnic groups in the Kitimat–Stikine Regional District (1996−2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021 2016 2011 2006 2001 1996
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European 21,590 57.93% 21,960 59.45% 23,040 62.23% 23,850 63.07% 27,975 68.7% 31,230 71.89%
Indigenous 13,415 35.99% 13,265 35.91% 12,660 34.19% 12,275 32.46% 10,960 26.92% 10,210 23.5%
South Asian 895 2.4% 575 1.56% 520 1.4% 995 2.63% 975 2.39% 1,005 2.31%
Southeast Asian 480 1.29% 355 0.96% 380 1.03% 195 0.52% 225 0.55% 205 0.47%
East Asian 435 1.17% 330 0.89% 250 0.68% 285 0.75% 235 0.58% 480 1.1%
African 230 0.62% 210 0.57% 40 0.11% 85 0.22% 170 0.42% 160 0.37%
Latin American 110 0.3% 140 0.38% 55 0.15% 85 0.22% 135 0.33% 75 0.17%
Middle Eastern 45 0.12% 25 0.07% 0 0% 0 0% 10 0.02% 30 0.07%
Other 70 0.19% 80 0.22% 55 0.15% 40 0.11% 35 0.09% 50 0.12%
Total responses 37,270 98.62% 36,940 98.86% 37,025 99.1% 37,815 99.52% 40,720 99.62% 43,440 99.59%
Total population 37,790 100% 37,367 100% 37,361 100% 37,999 100% 40,876 100% 43,618 100%
  • Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.