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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 DistrictPort Alberni
# Regional District Of Bulkley-NechakoBurns Lake
# Capital Regional DistrictVictoria
# Cariboo Regional DistrictWilliams Lake
# Central Coast Regional DistrictBella Coola
# Regional District Of Central KootenayNelson
# Regional District Of Central OkanaganKelowna
# Columbia-Shuswap Regional DistrictSalmon Arm
# Regional District Of Comox-StrathconaCourtenay
# Cowichan Valley Regional DistrictDuncan
# Regional District Of East KootenayCranbrook
# Fraser Valley Regional DistrictChilliwack
# Regional District Of Fraser-Fort GeorgePrince George
# Greater Vancouver Regional DistrictBurnaby
# Regional District Of Kitimat-StikineTerrace
# Regional District Of Kootenay BoundaryTrail
# Regional District Of Mount WaddingtonPort McNeill
# Regional District Of NanaimoNanaimo
# Regional District Of North OkanaganColdstream
# Northern Rockies Regional DistrictFort Nelson
# Regional District Of Okanagan-SimilkameenPenticton
# Peace River Regional DistrictDawson Creek
# Powell River Regional DistrictPowell River
# Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional DistrictPrince Rupert
# Squamish-Lillooet Regional DistrictPemberton
# Stikine Region —n/a
# Sunshine Coast Regional DistrictSechelt
# Thompson-Nicola Regional DistrictKamloops


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SEE ALSO



Census divisions by province and territory