| Central Kootenay | |
| Official Name: | Regional District of Central Kootenay |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Regional_District_of_Central_Kootenay.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: | Nelson |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Governing Body: | Board of directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Aimee Watson (D) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice chair |
| Leader Name1: | Ron Toyota (Creston) |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral areas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 22094.94 |
| Dimensions Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 59517 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.7 |
| Timezone1: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset1: | -8 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | Pacific Daylight (PDT) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -7 |
| Timezone1 Location: | Most of the district |
| Timezone2: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset2: | -7 |
| Timezone2 Location: | Electoral areas A, B, and C / Creston (no DST) |
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) is a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 census, the population was 59,517. The area is 22,130.72 square kilometres. The administrative centre is located in the city of Nelson. Other municipalities include the City of Castlegar, the Town of Creston, the Village of Salmo, the Village of Nakusp, the Village of Kaslo, the Village of New Denver, the Village of Silverton, the Village of Ymir and the Village of Slocan (known locally as Slocan City to distinguish it from the appellation "the Slocan" for the entire Slocan Valley).
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Central Kootenay had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 22078.1km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | 2006[7] | 2001[8] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 54,225 | 53,015 | 53,260 | 52,135 | 53,780 | ||||||
| Indigenous | 4,090 | 3,365 | 2,680 | 2,040 | 1,740 | ||||||
| South Asian | 730 | 440 | 185 | 185 | 60 | ||||||
| East Asian | 530 | 590 | 615 | 490 | 390 | ||||||
| Southeast Asian | 480 | 355 | 175 | 95 | 140 | ||||||
| African | 320 | 230 | 185 | 130 | 180 | ||||||
| Latin American | 255 | 185 | 80 | 115 | 55 | ||||||
| Middle Eastern | 50 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 95 | ||||||
| Other | 225 | 160 | 115 | 55 | 60 | ||||||
| Total responses | 61,175 | 58,340 | 57,300 | 55,290 | 56,495 | ||||||
| Total population | 62,509 | 59,517 | 58,441 | 55,883 | 57,019 | ||||||
| Municipality | Government Type | Population 2011 | Population 2016 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | city | 10,230 | 10,572 | +3.34% | |
| Castlegar | city | 7,816 | 8,039 | +2.85% | |
| Creston | town | 5,306 | 5,351 | +0.85% | |
| Nakusp | village | 1,569 | 1,605 | +2.29% | |
| Salmo | village | 1,139 | 1,141 | +0.18% | |
| Kaslo | village | 1,031 | 968 | -6.11% | |
| New Denver | village | 504 | 473 | -6.15% | |
| Slocan | village | 296 | 272 | -8.11% | |
| Silverton | village | 195 | 195 | ±0.00% |
| Community | Population 2011 | Population 2016 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynndel (Parts A+B) | 542 | 597 | +10.15% | |
| Ymir | 245 | 231 | -5.71% | |
| Erickson | unknown | unknown | N/A | |
| Lister | unknown | unknown | N/A | |
| Krestova | unknown | unknown | N/A |