# Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District

The Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District of British Columbia is located on west central Vancouver Island. Adjacent regional districts it shares borders with are the Strathcona and Comox Valley Regional Districts to the north, and the Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley Regional Districts to the east. The regional district offices are located in Port Alberni.

## Communities
### Cities

* Port Alberni – pop. 17,678

### Regional district electoral areas

* Area A (Bamfield)
** Bamfield – pop. 179
** Kildonan
** Sarita
* Area B (Beaufort)
* Area C (Long Beach)
** Estevan Point
** Port Alberni
* Area D (Sproat Lake)
** Great Central
** Kleecoot
** Sproat Lake
* Area E (Beaver Creek)
* Area F (Cherry Creek)

### District municipalities

* Tofino – pop. 1,932
* Ucluelet – pop. 1,717

### Indian Reserves

NB Indian Reserves are not part of municipal or regional district governance and are outside the regional district's jurisdiction, and also counted separately in the census figures. Population figures here are from the 2006 census:
* Ahahswinis IR No. 1 pop. 148
* Alberni IR No. 2 pop. 5
* Anacla IR No. 12 pop. 95
* Clakamucus IR No. 2 pop. 5
* Elhlateese IR No. 2 pop. 27
* Esowista IR No. 3 pop. 160
* Hesquiat IR No. 1 pop. 10
* Ittatsoo IR No. 1 pop. 200
* Keeshan IR No. 9 pop. 0
* Klehkoot IR No. 2 pop. 10
* Macoah IR No. 1 pop. 19
* Marktosis IR No. 15 pop. 661
* Numukamis IR No. 1 pop. 5
* Openit IR No. 27 pop. 0
* Opitsat IR No. 1 pop. 174
* Refuge Cove IR No. 6 pop. 103
* Sachsa IR No. 4 pop. 0
* Stuart Bay IR No. 6 pop. 0
* Tsahaheh IR No. 1 pop. 425

## Highways

Highways that run through the Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District:
* Highway 4

## Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District had a population of 33,521 living in 14,615 of its 16,704 total private dwellings, a change of 8.2% from its 2016 population of 30,981. With a land area of 6,577.08 km$^2$ (2,539.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 5.1/km$^2$ (13.2/sq mi) in 2021.
Panethnic groups in the Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District (1991−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 | 2006 | 2006 | 2001 | 2001 | 1996 | 1996 | 1991 | 1991 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 24,675 | 75.5% | 22,740 | 75.14% | 24,145 | 79.46% | 24,235 | 79.63% | 24,140 | 80.11% | 25,870 | 82.3% | 25,140 | 80.89% |
| Indigenous | 6,420 | 19.65% | 6,035 | 19.94% | 5,120 | 16.85% | 4,940 | 16.23% | 4,900 | 16.26% | 3,690 | 11.74% | 4,295 | 13.82% |
| South Asian | 530 | 1.62% | 570 | 1.88% | 415 | 1.37% | 740 | 2.43% | 635 | 2.11% | 1,215 | 3.87% | 1,045 | 3.36% |
| East Asian | 370 | 1.13% | 445 | 1.47% | 410 | 1.35% | 205 | 0.67% | 270 | 0.9% | 395 | 1.26% | 405 | 1.3% |
| Southeast Asian | 245 | 0.75% | 215 | 0.71% | 100 | 0.33% | 100 | 0.33% | 70 | 0.23% | 130 | 0.41% | 70 | 0.23% |
| African | 165 | 0.5% | 90 | 0.3% | 85 | 0.28% | 80 | 0.26% | 65 | 0.22% | 75 | 0.24% | 70 | 0.23% |
| Latin American | 95 | 0.29% | 40 | 0.13% | 40 | 0.13% | 65 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.15% | 30 | 0.1% | 40 | 0.13% |
| Middle Eastern | 50 | 0.15% | 30 | 0.1% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15 | 0.05% |
| Other | 130 | 0.4% | 95 | 0.31% | 50 | 0.16% | 60 | 0.2% | 20 | 0.07% | 25 | 0.08% | — | — |
| Total responses | 32,680 | 97.49% | 30,265 | 97.69% | 30,385 | 97.82% | 30,435 | 99.25% | 30,135 | 99.31% | 31,435 | 99.31% | 31,080 | 99.54% |
| Total population | 33,521 | 100% | 30,981 | 100% | 31,061 | 100% | 30,664 | 100% | 30,345 | 100% | 31,652 | 100% | 31,224 | 100% |
* Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.