# Columbia-Shuswap Regional District

The Columbia–Shuswap Regional District is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the Southern Interior region on the Trans-Canada Highway between Vancouver and Calgary, Alberta. The regional district borders the Province of Alberta across the Rocky Mountains.
Columbia–Shuswap regional district comprises the regions known as the Shuswap Country, which focuses around Shuswap Lake and lies to the north of the Okanagan region, and the northern part of the Columbia Country, namely the "Big Bend" of the valley of the Columbia River from the Town of Golden to the historic City of Revelstoke, British Columbia. (Revelstoke is sometimes referred to as being in the North Kootenay, Golden is usually thought of as being part of the East Kootenay sub-region, the Columbia Valley). The Canada 2021 Census population was 57,021, spread over a land area of 28,929 square km and a water area of over 2,000 square km. The regional district's offices are in Salmon Arm, near the southwest corner of the regional district.

## Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District had a population of 57,021 living in 24,595 of its 31,161 total private dwellings, an increase of 11% from its 2016 population of 51,366. With a land area of 28,885.82 km$^2$ (11,152.88 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.0/km$^2$ (5.1/sq mi) in 2021.
Panethnic groups in the Columbia–Shuswap Regional District (2001–2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 | 2006 | 2006 | 2001 | 2001 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 48,805 | 87.51% | 44,930 | 89.51% | 44,980 | 90.74% | 45,815 | 92.55% | 44,580 | 93.21% |
| Indigenous | 4,405 | 7.9% | 3,645 | 7.26% | 3,280 | 6.62% | 2,760 | 5.58% | 2,155 | 4.51% |
| East Asian | 705 | 1.26% | 640 | 1.28% | 580 | 1.17% | 315 | 0.64% | 400 | 0.84% |
| Southeast Asian | 605 | 1.08% | 315 | 0.63% | 155 | 0.31% | 100 | 0.2% | 85 | 0.18% |
| South Asian | 585 | 1.05% | 355 | 0.71% | 400 | 0.81% | 345 | 0.7% | 330 | 0.69% |
| African | 245 | 0.44% | 175 | 0.35% | 95 | 0.19% | 75 | 0.15% | 100 | 0.21% |
| Latin American | 200 | 0.36% | 65 | 0.13% | 50 | 0.1% | 55 | 0.11% | 105 | 0.22% |
| Middle Eastern | 160 | 0.29% | 35 | 0.07% | 0 | 0% | 20 | 0.04% | 30 | 0.06% |
| Other | 65 | 0.12% | 45 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.04% | 15 | 0.03% | 35 | 0.07% |
| Total responses | 55,770 | 97.81% | 50,195 | 97.72% | 49,570 | 98.14% | 49,505 | 98.73% | 47,825 | 99.18% |
| Total population | 57,021 | 100% | 51,366 | 100% | 50,512 | 100% | 50,141 | 100% | 48,219 | 100% |
* Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

## Communities
### Incorporated communities

* City of Salmon Arm – 19,705
* City of Revelstoke – 8,275
* Town of Golden – 3,986
* District Municipality of Sicamous – 2,613

### Regional district electoral areas

* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "A" – 3,097
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "B" – 706
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "C" – 7,695
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "D" – 3,899
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "E" – 1,528
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "F" – 2,731
* Columbia–Shuswap Electoral Area "G" – Census data not available

### Unincorporated communities

* Anglemont – 454
* Blind Bay – 1,149
* Celista – 408
* Craigellachie
* Eagle Bay – 528
* Falkland – 805
* Malakwa – 619
* Notch Hill – 515
* Ranchero – 971
* Scotch Creek – 762
* Silver Creek – 1,038
* Solsqua — 333
* Sorrento – 1,360
* Sunnybrae – 699
* Swansea Point – 243
* Tappen – 773
* White Lake – 623