| Kitimat–Stikine | |
| Official Name: | Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Kitimat_Stikine_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: | Terrace |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Regional district |
| Governing Body: | Board of directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Philip Germuth (Kitimat) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice chair |
| Leader Name1: | James Cordeiro (Terrace) |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral areas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 104,307.25 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 37,790 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.4 |
The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,790 living on a land area of . 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. There are many unincorporated communities, 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 (Kitimat-Stikine E (Regional district electoral area) [Census subdivision]) is the largest unincorporated community[2] in the regional district with a population of 3,932 residents.[3]
| Municipality | Government type | Population (2021)[4] | Population (2016) | % change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace | city | 12,017 | 11,643 | 3.2 | ||
| Kitimat | district municipality | 8,236 | 8,131 | 1.3 | ||
| Thornhill (Kitimat-Stikine E) | unincorporated community | 3,932 | 3,993 | align=right | -1,5 | |
| New Hazelton | district municipality | 602 | 580 | 3.8 | ||
| Stewart | district municipality | 517 | 401 | 28.9 | ||
| Hazelton | village | 257 | 313 | align=right | -17.9 |
As a census division in the 2021 Canadian census 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 from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
| 2021 | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | 2006[8] | 2001[9] | 1996[10] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 21,590 | 21,960 | 23,040 | 23,850 | 27,975 | 31,230 | |||||||
| Indigenous | 13,415 | 13,265 | 12,660 | 12,275 | 10,960 | 10,210 | |||||||
| South Asian | 895 | 575 | 520 | 995 | 975 | 1,005 | |||||||
| Southeast Asian | 480 | 355 | 380 | 195 | 225 | 205 | |||||||
| East Asian | 435 | 330 | 250 | 285 | 235 | 480 | |||||||
| African | 230 | 210 | 40 | 85 | 170 | 160 | |||||||
| Latin American | 110 | 140 | 55 | 85 | 135 | 75 | |||||||
| Middle Eastern | 45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | |||||||
| Other | 70 | 80 | 55 | 40 | 35 | 50 | |||||||
| Total responses | 37,270 | 36,940 | 37,025 | 37,815 | 40,720 | 43,440 | |||||||
| Total population | 37,790 | 37,367 | 37,361 | 37,999 | 40,876 | 43,618 | |||||||
Climate normals are from Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, located 3NM south of Terrace (about south of downtown).[11] [12]