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The Canadian Province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts. Like Counties in some states of the United States , regional districts serve as the Local Government in areas not incorporated into a Municipality . In those predominantly rural areas, regional districts provide services such as Land-use Planning , Building Inspection and Fire Protection . Regional districts also provide some services, such as Solid-waste Management and Emergency Management , to their entire territory, including municipalities.

Regional districts are governed by boards of directly and indirectly elected directors. Municipalities appoint directors to represent their populations, while residents of unincorporated areas elect directors directly. The votes of directors from heavily populated areas sometimes count more than the votes of directors from sparser areas. For example, both North Saanich and Mecthosin appoint one director to the Capital Regional District board of directors, but the vote of North Saanich's director counts three times as much as the vote of Metchosin's appointee. British Columbia Ministry of Community Services, "Primer on Regional Districts in British Columbia," 2006.

CURRENT REGIONAL DISTRICTS

The current districts, shown with their district seats:
# Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District — Port Alberni
# Regional District Of Bulkley-Nechako — Burns Lake
# Capital Regional District — Victoria
# Cariboo Regional District — Williams Lake
# Central Coast Regional District — Bella Coola
# Regional District Of Central Kootenay — Nelson
# Regional District Of Central Okanagan — Kelowna
# Columbia-Shuswap Regional District — Salmon Arm
# Regional District Of Comox-Strathcona — Courtenay
# Cowichan Valley Regional District — Duncan
# Regional District Of East Kootenay — Cranbrook
# Fraser Valley Regional District — Chilliwack
# Regional District Of Fraser-Fort George — Prince George
# Greater Vancouver Regional District — Burnaby
# Regional District Of Kitimat-Stikine — Terrace
# Regional District Of Kootenay Boundary — Trail
# Regional District Of Mount Waddington — Port McNeill
# Regional District Of Nanaimo — Nanaimo
# Regional District Of North Okanagan — Coldstream
# Northern Rockies Regional District — Fort Nelson
# Regional District Of Okanagan-Similkameen — Penticton
# Peace River Regional District — Dawson Creek
# Powell River Regional District — Powell River
# Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District — Prince Rupert
# Squamish-Lillooet Regional District — Pemberton
# Stikine Region —n/a
# Sunshine Coast Regional District — Sechelt
# Thompson-Nicola Regional District — Kamloops

REFERENCE

EXTERNAL LINK

Regional district maps

HISTORICAL REGIONAL DISTRICTS

Dewdney-Alouette Regional District

Central Fraser Valley Regional District

Fraser-Cheam Regional District

SEE ALSO

List Of Regional District Electoral Areas In British Columbia

Subdivisions Of Canada

List Of Communities In British Columbia

Census divisions by province and territory