| Comox Valley | |
| Official Name: | Comox Valley Regional District |
| Settlement Type: | Regional district |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Comox_Valley_BC_logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Map Alt: | A map of British Columbia depicting its 29 regional districts and equivalent municipalities. One is highlighted in red. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | British Columbia |
| Seat Type: | Administrative office location |
| Seat: | Courtenay |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Regional district |
| Governing Body: | Board of directors |
| Leader Title: | Chair |
| Leader Name: | Will Cole-Hamilton |
| Leader Title1: | Vice chair |
| Leader Name1: | Jonathan Kerr |
| Leader Title2: | Electoral areas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Land Km2: | 1699.90 |
| Dimensions Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 72,445 |
| Population Density Km2: | 39.1 |
The Comox Valley Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada.[3] 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.[4] 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.
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.
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Comox Valley Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1697.03km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
| 2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | 61,875 | 58,640 | 57,425 | ||||
| Indigenous | 5,210 | 3,825 | 2,910 | ||||
| East Asian | 1,230 | 1,180 | 800 | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 1,050 | 630 | 610 | ||||
| South Asian | 660 | 400 | 170 | ||||
| African | 425 | 320 | 245 | ||||
| Latin American | 265 | 130 | 150 | ||||
| Middle Eastern | 120 | 65 | 25 | ||||
| Other | 290 | 170 | 125 | ||||
| Total responses | 71,115 | 65,355 | 62,460 | ||||
| Total population | 72,445 | 66,527 | 63,538 | ||||
Known as the Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands electoral area, this electoral area includes the southern portion of the district, on the border with the Alberni-Clayoquot and Nanaimo Regional Districts.
According to the 2016 Canada Census:[9]
Known as the Lazo North electoral area, this electoral area surrounds the town of Comox. It has no administrative or governmental function and is used only to select rural representatives to the regional district board.
According to the 2016 Census:
Known as the Puntledge/Black Creek electoral area, it is located between Courtenay, Campbell River and Strathcona Provincial Park.
According to the 2016 Census:
See main article: Comox Valley Transit System. Comox Valley Transit is the regional public transportation system, operated by Watson and Ash Transportation. Funding is provided under a partnership between the region and BC Transit, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.