shíshálh Nation Government District | |
Settlement Type: | First Nations government district |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Sunshine Coast |
Subdivision Type3: | Regional district |
Subdivision Name3: | Sunshine Coast qathet |
Leader Title: | lhe hiwus (Chief) |
Leader Name: | yalxwemult (Lenora Joe)[1] |
Leader Title1: | hihewus (Councilor) |
Leader Name1: | Shain Jackson |
Leader Title2: | hihewus (Councilor) |
Leader Name2: | Raquel Joe |
Leader Title3: | hihewus (Councilor) |
Leader Name3: | Rochelle Jones |
Leader Title4: | hihewus (Councilor) |
Leader Name4: | Philip Paul |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | March 17, 1988[2] |
Area Footnotes: | (2011)[3] |
Area Total Km2: | 11.04 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 819 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 74.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Sunshine Coast portions |
Population Blank1: | 797 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | 73.8 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Powell River portion |
Population Blank2: | 22 |
Population Density Blank2 Km2: | 90.5 |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
shíshálh Nation Government District, formerly known as Sechelt Indian Government District,[4] is a First Nations government district administered by the shíshálh Nation, and located in the Sunshine Coast region of southwest British Columbia, Canada. It was incorporated on March 17, 1988[2] and consists of 33 separate land parcels, of which 32 are located within the Sunshine Coast Regional District and one located within the qathet Regional District.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the shíshálh Nation Government 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, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]