Regional District of North Okanagan

The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. The Canada 2011 Census population was 81,237. The land area is 7,512.58 km² (2,900.62 sq mi). The regional district's head office is in the district municipality of Coldstream, although the largest population centre is its immediate neighbour, the city of Vernon.

North Okanagan
Regional district
Regional District of North Okanagan
Rainbow over Lumby
Location in British Columbia
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Administrative office location	Coldstream
Government [1]
• Type	Regional district
• Body	Board of Directors
• Chair	Kevin Acton (Lumby)
• Vice Chair	Amanda Shatzko (C)
• Electoral Areas	B C D E F
Area
• Land	7,502.60 km2 (2,896.77 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	84,354
• Density	11.2/km2 (29/sq mi)
Website	www.rdno.ca

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of North Okanagan had a population of 91,610 living in 38,821 of its 42,722 total private dwellings, a change of 8.6% from its 2016 population of 84,344. With a land area of 7,497.23 km² (2,894.70 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.2/km² (31.6/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

Panethnic groups in the North Okanagan Regional District (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[4]		2016[5]		2011[6]		2006[7]		2001[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	77,375	86.44%	72,615	88.07%	70,785	89.41%	68,820	90.33%	66,360	91.7%
Indigenous	7,100	7.93%	6,350	7.7%	6,030	7.62%	4,905	6.44%	3,505	4.84%
South Asian	1,390	1.55%	900	1.09%	540	0.68%	835	1.1%	1,135	1.57%
East Asian[b]	1,375	1.54%	1,255	1.52%	870	1.1%	915	1.2%	905	1.25%
Southeast Asian[c]	1,075	1.2%	690	0.84%	325	0.41%	195	0.26%	180	0.25%
African	470	0.53%	205	0.25%	175	0.22%	165	0.22%	80	0.11%
Latin American	295	0.33%	205	0.25%	170	0.21%	150	0.2%	70	0.1%
Middle Eastern[d]	225	0.25%	140	0.17%	105	0.13%	95	0.12%	40	0.06%
Other[e]	200	0.22%	105	0.13%	165	0.21%	115	0.15%	80	0.11%
Total responses	89,510	97.71%	82,455	97.75%	79,165	97.45%	76,190	98.56%	72,370	98.83%
Total population [f]	91,610	100%	84,354	100%	81,237	100%	77,301	100%	73,227	100%

Subdivisions

Cities

• Armstrong - 4,815
• Enderby - 2,964
• Vernon - 40,116

District municipalities

• Coldstream - 10,314
• Spallumcheen - 5,055

Village

• Lumby - 2,000

Regional district electoral areas

• North Okanagan B
• North Okanagan C
• North Okanagan D
• North Okanagan E
• North Okanagan F

Indian reserves NB These are excluded from governance by the regional district and have their own governments (the Spallumcheen Indian Band and the Okanagan Indian Band).

• Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2
• Harris Indian Reserve No. 3
• Okanagan Indian Reserve No. 1 (only partly within the RD)
• Priest's Valley Indian Reserve No. 6

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
6. Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.