| Central Okanagan | |
| Official Name: | Regional District of Central Okanagan |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Central_Okanagan_BC_logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Map Alt: | A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | British Columbia |
| Seat Type: | Administrative office location |
| Seat: | Kelowna |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Regional district |
| Governing Body: | Board of directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Loyal Wooldridge (Kelowna) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice chair |
| Leader Name1: | Gord Milsom (West Kelowna) |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral areas |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1967 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2904.86 |
| Dimensions Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 194882 |
| Population Density Km2: | 67.1 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, representing two unincorporated Electoral Areas of Central Okanagan East and Central Okanagan West, along with the member municipalities of the City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, the District of Lake Country, the District of Peachland, and Westbank First Nation. The RDCO office is located in Kelowna.
Statistics Canada defines the Kelowna CMA (Census Metropolitan Area) or Kelowna Metropolitan Area as being identical in area with the RDCO. The population in 2016 was 194,882, 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 2,904.86 square kilometres.
Central Okanagan West Electoral Area used to be 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.
Central Okanagan West
(within the boundaries of, but not part of, the RD)
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Central Okanagan had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2902.45km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | 2006[7] | 2001[8] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 180,675 | 164,260 | 157,625 | 146,120 | 136,310 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 13,420 | 11,370 | 8,260 | 6,120 | 3,950 | ||||||
| South Asian | 7,425 | 3,925 | 3,230 | 2,345 | 1,465 | ||||||
| East Asian | 5,870 | 4,545 | 3,425 | 2,965 | 2,510 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 4,200 | 2,655 | 1,470 | 1,130 | 545 | ||||||
| African | 2,395 | 1,255 | 780 | 660 | 455 | ||||||
| Latin American | 1,790 | 1,065 | 715 | 530 | 415 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 1,495 | 695 | 360 | 255 | 140 | ||||||
| Other | 1,250 | 790 | 560 | 435 | 155 | ||||||
| Total responses | 218,530 | 190,565 | 176,435 | 160,565 | 145,950 | ||||||
| Total population | 222,162 | 194,882 | 179,839 | 162,276 | 147,739 | ||||||