The Regional District of Bulkley–Nechako (RDBN) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 census, the population was 37,737. The area is 73,419.01 square kilometres. The regional district offices are in Burns Lake.
Geography Its geographical components are the Bulkley Valley, the northern part of the Nechako Country, and the Omineca Country, including portions of the Hazelton Mountains and Omineca Mountains in the west and north of the regional district, respectively. The dominant landform is the Nechako Plateau. Neighbouring regional districts are the Kitimat-Stikine, Central Coast, Cariboo, Fraser-Fort George, and Peace River Regional Districts; on its north the boundary with the southern edge of the remote Stikine Region is separated from the Bulkley–Nechako Regional District by the 56th parallel north. The boundaries of the regional district near-entirely coincide with the territory of the Dakelh or Carrier peoples, and also some of that of the Dunneza (Beaver), but their reserves and governments lie outside the regional district system. Roughly identical in area to the old New Caledonia fur district in the days of the North West Company, it is still sometimes referenced as New Caledonia, but while trapping continues in some area, its economy is now based in forestry, mining, tourism (mostly ranching in southern areas).
The area is home to at least 20 lakes, such as Binta Lake. Around July 28, 2010, the Binta Lake fire began, causing at least 100 people across the regional district to be ordered evacuated.
Municipalities Municipality Government Type PopulationSmitherstown5,378Vanderhoofdistrict municipality4,346Houstondistrict municipality3,052Burns Lakevillage1,659Fort St. Jamesdistrict municipality1,598Telkwavillage1,295Fraser Lakevillage988Granislevillage303
Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako 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.
+ Panethnic groups in the Bulkley–Nechako Regional District (1991–2021)Panethnicgroup2021201620112006200119961991 European 28,280 28,740 30,620 29,805 33,430 34,625 30,735 Indigenous 7,410 7,435 7,335 7,180 6,020 5,660 6,085 South Asian 455 235 370 405 615 735 840 Southeast Asian 445 385 260 230 75 205 165 East Asian 250 260 150 260 355 150 250 African 240 190 120 160 140 40 85 Latin American 95 90 65 40 15 40 35 Middle Eastern 50 25 0 10 0 0 15 Other 70 75 0 25 20 35 Total responses 37,300 37,445 38,940 38,125 40,680 41,510 38,210 Total population 37,737 37,896 39,208 38,243 40,856 41,642 38,343
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References
Statistics Canada 2016 Community Profile: Bulkley–Nechako (Regional district)
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