Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
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- 2021: 90,178 (+8.6%)
- 2016: 83,022 (+2.8%)
- 2011: 80,742 (+1.6%)
- 2006: 79,475 (+3.7%)
- 2001: 76,635 (+0.9%)
- 1996: 75,933
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Municipalities
RDOS comprises six municipalities and nine rural electoral areas designated Electoral areas A - I. The municipalities of RDOS are Penticton, Summerland, Osoyoos, Oliver, Princeton, and Keremeos.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen had a population of 90,178 living in 40,981 of its 46,436 total private dwellings, a change of 8.6% from its 2016 population of 83,022. With a land area of 10,406.64 km2 (4,018.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.7/km2 (22.4/sq mi) in 2021.
Ethnicity
- Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Language
According to the 2011 Census, 84.43% of Okanagan-Similkameen's population have English as mother tongue; German is the mother tongue of 2.99% of the population, followed by Punjabi (2.86%), French (1.90%), Portuguese (1.06%), Dutch (0.80%), Ukrainian (0.42%), Hungarian (0.41%), Spanish (0.41%), and Italian (0.39%).
Electoral areas
- Okanagan-Similkameen A
- Rural areas surrounding Osoyoos, including Anarchist Mountain to the east between Rock Creek and Osoyoos.
- Population: 2,139
- Okanagan-Similkameen B
- The valley of the Similkameen River from Cawston downstream to Chopaka, at the US border.
- Population: 1,151
- Okanagan-Similkameen C
- Rural areas surrounding Oliver.
- Population: 3,986
- Okanagan-Similkameen D
- Rural areas and unincorporated communities southeast of Penticton, including Okanagan Falls.
- Population: 4,016
- Okanagan-Similkameen E
- Rural areas and unincorporated settlements to the northeast of Penticton including Naramata.
- Population: 2,015
- Okanagan-Similkameen F
- Rural areas west of Summerland and northwest of Penticton.
- Population: 2,092
- Okanagan-Similkameen G
- Rural areas of the middle Similkameen Valley surrounding Keremeos, including Hedley.
- Population: 2,298
- Okanagan-Similkameen H
- Rural areas and unincorporated communities in the upper Similkameen Valley, including Tulameen and Coalmont.
- Population: 2,232
- Okanagan-Similkameen I
- Rural areas southwest of Penticton, including Kaleden and Apex.
- Population: 2,207