North Coast Regional District Explained

North Coast
Official Name:	North Coast Regional District
Other Name:	Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District
Settlement Type:	Regional district
Image Blank Emblem:	North_Coast_BC_logo.png
Blank Emblem Size:	220px
Blank Emblem Type:	Logo
Image Map1:	CAN BC North Coast Regional District locator.svg
Map Alt1:	A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red.
Map Caption1:	Location in British Columbia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	British Columbia
Seat Type:	Administrative office location
Seat:	Prince Rupert
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Government Type:	Regional district
Governing Body:	Board of Directors
Leader Title:	Chair
Leader Name:	Barry Pages (Masset)
Leader Title1:	Vice Chair
Leader Name1:	Des Nobels (A)
Leader Title2:	Electoral Areas
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Land Km2:	19775.41
Dimensions Footnotes:	^[2]
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	18133
Population Density Km2:	0.917

The North Coast Regional District (until 2016 known as the Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District) is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia. It is located on British Columbia's west coast and includes Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands), the largest of which are Graham Island and Moresby Island. Its administrative offices are in the City of Prince Rupert.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the North Coast Regional District, previously the Skeena–Queen Charlotte 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 19710.3km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[3]

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"

2021^[4]	2016^[5]		2011^[6]		2006^[7]		2001^[8]		1996^[9]
European	8,275		8,215		9,085		10,105		12,175		14,400
Indigenous	7,670		8,035		7,980		7,985		7,700		8,120
Southeast Asian	860		700		580		410		635		850
South Asian	660		420		410		540		550		620
East Asian	220		355		345		405		370		505
Middle Eastern	115		20		0		10		0		15
African	65		75		90		75		45		35
Latin American	35		25		0		0		45		70
Other	95		60		35		40		65		75
Total responses	17,995		17,895		18,550		19,590		21,565		24,710
Total population	18,181		18,133		18,784		19,664		21,693		24,795

• Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Electoral areas

• Area A - Skeena North: 29
  • Dodge Cove (unincorporated community): 29 (down from 52 in 2011)^[10]
  • Crippen Cove
  • Metlakatla
  • Lax Kw'alaams
• Area C - Skeena South: 147
  • Porcher Island
    • Oona River (unincorporated community): 147 (up from 37 in 2011)^[11]
    • Humpback Bay
    • Hunts Inlet
  • Prince Rupert
  • Port Edward
  • Hartley Bay
• Area D - Haida Gwaii North: 524
  • Rural Graham Island: 524 (down from 607 in 2006)^[12]
    • • • • • • • Tlell Tow Hill Lawn Hill
    • Miller Creek
  • Daajing Giids (formerly Queen Charlotte)^[13]
  • Skidegate
  • Old Massett
  • Port Clements
• Area E - Haida Gwaii South: 317
  • pop 2011 was 317, down from 402 in 2006^[14]
    • Sandspit (unincorporated community): 297 (down from 387 in 2006)^[15]

Municipalities

• City of Prince Rupert

12,220

• Village of Daajing Giids

948

• Village of Masset

940

• District of Port Edward

557

• Village of Port Clements

440

Indian reserves

In addition to 7,700 aboriginal persons listed in the regional district's community profile at Statistics Canada,^[16] there are four separate Indian reserve communities within the regional district whose populations are not included within the regional district's figures, and which are governed separately by their respective band governments. These Indian reserves are:

• Old Massett (Masset Indian Reserve No. 1);
• Skidegate (Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1);
• Metlakatla

and

• Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson Indian Reserve No. 1).

Past naming

The Regional District had historically been called the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, referring to its location on the Skeena River and the Queen Charlotte archipelago. Once the Queen Charlottes were renamed Haidi Gwaii to reflect their Indigenous heritage, discussions began about renaming the Regional District to reflect the update. In September 2016, letters patent were granted renaming it to the North Coast Regional District ^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Board. 2019-07-09.
2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia) . . February 8, 2017 . July 9, 2019.
3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions . . February 9, 2022 . April 3, 2022.
4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
6. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
7. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2019-08-20 . 2006 Community Profiles . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
8. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2019-07-02 . 2001 Community Profiles . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
9. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2019-06-04 . Electronic Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census . 2023-02-23 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
10. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5947016&Geo2=CD&Code2=5947&Data=Count&SearchText=skeena-queen%20charlotte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'A'
11. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5947021&Geo2=CD&Code2=5947&Data=Count&SearchText=skeena-queen%20charlotte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=Population&Custom=&TABID=1 Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'C'
12. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5947027&Geo2=CD&Code2=5947&Data=Count&SearchText=skeena-queen%20charlotte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'D'
13. Web site: Ministry of Municipal Affairs . Ancestral Haida name restored to Haida Gwaii village . BC Gov News . Government of British Columbia . July 23, 2022 . en . July 13, 2022.
14. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5947032&Geo2=CD&Code2=5947&Data=Count&SearchText=skeena-queen%20charlotte&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 Census Canada Community Profile, Skeena-Queen Charlotte Electoral Area 'E'
15. Web site: Census Profile: Sandspit, UNP, British Columbia (Designated place) . . January 8, 2014 . February 28, 2014.
16. Web site: 2001 Community Profiles: Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, British Columbia (Regional District) . Statistics Canada . August 26, 2013 . February 27, 2014.
17. Web site: News Release: SKEENA-QUEEN CHARLOTTE REGIONAL DISTRICT RENAMING TO THE NORTH COAST REGIONAL DISTRICT. 29 May 2019.