Comox Valley Regional District, British Columbia

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 centered 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. Its current territory has a land area of 1,683.535 km² (650.017 sq mi), making it the smallest regional district by area; and a 2006 census population of 58,824 inhabitants. Two Indian reserves, Comox Indian Reserve No. 1 and Pentledge Indian Reserve No. 2 lie within its territory but are outside its jurisdiction. The census...