Comox Valley Regional District
The Comox Valley Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It was created on February 15, 2008, encompassing the southeastern portions of the former Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, and centred about the Comox Valley. The partition left the new Comox Valley Regional District with only 8.4 percent of the former Comox-Strathcona's land area, but 57.9 percent of its population. The CVRD covers an area of 2,425 square kilometres, of which 1,725 square kilometres is land (the remainder is water), and serves a population of 72,445 according to the 2023 Census. The district borders the Strathcona Regional District to the northwest, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District to the southwest, and the Regional District of Nanaimo to the southeast, as well as the qathet Regional District along the Strait of Georgia to the east.
Comox Valley | |
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Regional district | |
| Comox Valley Regional District | |
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Location in British Columbia | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Administrative office location | Courtenay |
| Government | |
| • Type | Regional district |
| • Body | Board of directors |
| • Chair | Will Cole-Hamilton |
| • Vice chair | Jonathan Kerr |
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| Area | |
| • Land | 1,699.90 km2 (656.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 72,445 |
| • Density | 39.1/km2 (101/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Two Indian reserves, K'omoks Indian Reserve No. 1 and Puntledge Indian Reserve No. 2 lie within its territory but are outside its jurisdiction. The census divisions comprising the new Regional District are the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, the district of Black Creek, Electoral Areas A, B, and C, and the two stated Indian reserves.
The administrative offices are in Courtenay, British Columbia.