| Squamish-Lillooet | |
| Official Name: | Squamish-Lillooet Regional District |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Squamish-Lillooet_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: | Pemberton |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Regional district |
| Governing Body: | Board of Directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Jen Ford (Whistler) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice Chair |
| Leader Name1: | Vivian Birch-Jones(D) |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral Areas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 16311.62 |
| Dimensions Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 50496 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.62 |
The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia, Canada. It stretches from Britannia Beach in the south to Pavilion in the north. Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish are the four municipalities in the regional district. Its administrative offices are in the Village of Pemberton, although the district municipalities of Squamish and Whistler are larger population centres. The district covers 16,353.68 km2 (6,314.19 sq mi) of land area.
The southern end of the regional district comprises the northern part of the traditional territory of the Squamish people, and the northern half constitutes the traditional homeland of the St'at'imc people.
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Squamish-Lillooet 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 16296.34km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | 2006[7] | 2001[8] | 1996[9] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 38,755 | 32,070 | 28,815 | 27,755 | 26,025 | 24,880 | |||||||
| Indigenous | 4,990 | 5,060 | 4,680 | 4,085 | 3,690 | 2,430 | |||||||
| South Asian | 1,725 | 1,495 | 1,240 | 1,725 | 1,845 | 1,240 | |||||||
| East Asian | 1,525 | 1,205 | 925 | 775 | 760 | 395 | |||||||
| Southeast Asian | 1,295 | 1,155 | 900 | 440 | 240 | 150 | |||||||
| Latin American | 530 | 250 | 185 | 135 | 95 | 80 | |||||||
| African | 350 | 180 | 250 | 65 | 135 | 95 | |||||||
| Middle Eastern | 250 | 70 | 20 | 85 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| Other | 205 | 100 | 150 | 65 | 100 | 0 | |||||||
| Total responses | 49,615 | 41,585 | 37,170 | 35,130 | 32,925 | 29,315 | |||||||
| Total population | 50,496 | 42,665 | 38,173 | 35,225 | 33,011 | 29,401 | |||||||
| Municipality | Government Type | Population | Growth 2011-16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squamish | district municipality | 19,512 | 13.7% | |
| Whistler | resort municipality | 11,854 | 20.7% | |
| Pemberton | village | 2,574 | 5.8% | |
| Lillooet | district municipality | 2,275 | align=center | -2.0% |
Electoral Area A comprises the basin of the Bridge River valley above its confluence with the Yalakom River at Moha. The only towns in the area are Bralorne, Gold Bridge and Brexton. Other communities or localities include Gun Lake, Tyaughton Lake and Gun Creek Road.
Population as of 2016 Canadian Census: 186
Electoral Area B comprises the basin of the Bridge River below its confluence with the Yalakom River at Moha, the valley of Seton and Anderson Lakes (excepting D'Arcy), and the rest of the upper portion of the SLRD surrounding Lillooet and adjoining parts of the Fraser Canyon. Communities include McGillivray Falls, Seton Portage, Shalalth, Texas Creek, Bridge River (meaning Moha and the lower Bridge River communities), West Pavilion, Pavilion and Fountain and Fountain Valley.
Population as of 2016 Canadian census: 363
Electoral Area C comprises the Pemberton and Gates Valleys and the valley of the Green River north of Whistler. Communities include Pemberton Meadows, Mount Currie, Owl Creek, Birken, Devine, D'Arcy, and McGillivray (formerly McGillivray Falls).
Population as of 2016 Canadian Census: 1663
Electoral Area D comprises the valleys of the Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers and the Sea-to-Sky Corridor south to the SLRD boundary on Howe Sound. Communities include Britannia Beach, Woodfibre, Furry Creek, the Pinecrest and Black Tusk subdivisions nearer Whistler and the uninhabited former recreational settlement of Garibaldi.
Population as of 2016 Canada Census: 1057