| Cowichan Valley | |
| Official Name: | Cowichan Valley Regional District |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Cowichan_Valley_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: | Duncan |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Regional district |
| Governing Body: | Board of directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Ian Morrison (F) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice chair |
| Leader Name1: | Sierra Acton (B) |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral areas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 3474.52 |
| Dimensions Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 89,013 |
| Population Density Km2: | 25.6 |
The Cowichan Valley Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia that is on the southern part of Vancouver Island, bordered by the Nanaimo and Alberni-Clayoquot Regional Districts to the north and northwest, and by the Capital Regional District to the south and east. As of the 2021 Census, the Regional District had a population of 89,013. The regional district offices are in Duncan.
The Cowichan Valley Regional District covers an area between the Stuart Channel and Saanich Inlet on the east coast of Vancouver Island and the southern part of the West Coast Trail, with Cowichan Lake and Cowichan Valley proper located in its central region. It includes the Gulf Islands of Thetis, Penelakut and Valdes. The total land area is 3,473.12 km2 (1,340.98 sq mi).
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cowichan Valley Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3472.48km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | 2006[7] | 2001[8] | 1996[9] | 1991[10] [11] | 1986[12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 71,460 | 68,415 | 66,975 | 65,875 | 62,275 | 62,445 | 52,955 | 46,080 | |||||||||
| Indigenous | 10,985 | 9,660 | 8,525 | 7,420 | 6,260 | 5,655 | 5,110 | 4,025 | |||||||||
| South Asian | 1,295 | 1,260 | 1,150 | 1,440 | 1,360 | 1,235 | 1,155 | 1,380 | |||||||||
| East Asian | 1,280 | 1,025 | 880 | 765 | 665 | 655 | 405 | 350 | |||||||||
| Southeast Asian | 905 | 715 | 655 | 520 | 300 | 190 | 175 | 55 | |||||||||
| African | 630 | 305 | 185 | 160 | 215 | 190 | 140 | 65 | |||||||||
| Latin American | 265 | 150 | 100 | 95 | 65 | 30 | 30 | 35 | |||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 140 | 130 | 35 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 145 | 35 | |||||||||
| Other | 375 | 225 | 160 | 130 | 95 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Total responses | 87,330 | 81,885 | 78,675 | 76,475 | 71,315 | 70,525 | 60,115 | 52,025 | |||||||||
| Total population | 89,013 | 83,739 | 80,332 | 76,929 | 71,998 | 70,978 | 60,560 | 52,466 | |||||||||