The Cariboo Regional District spans the Cities and Districts of Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, and Wells in the Central Interior of British Columbia.
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Geography
The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in the Central Interior of BC encompasses 80,252 square kilometers of land. The Cariboo and Coastal mountain ranges hug the CRD on its east and west side boundaries. The region straddles Highway 97 from 70 Mile House in the south to 5 km south of Hixon in the north. It belongs to the Pacific Time (British Columbia) zone.
Incorporated municipalities
District Municipality of 100 Mile House
City of Quesnel
District Municipality of Wells
City of Williams Lake
Communities
Alexandria
Australian
Kersley
Red Bluff
Rich Bar
Other communities
Alexis Creek
Anahim Lake
Horsefly
Lac La Hache
Likely
Lone Butte
McLeese Lake
Nazko
Nimpo Lake
Riske Creek
Tatla Lake
Forest Grove
150 Mile House
Features and Amenities
The Cariboo Regional District provides region-wide library services, recreational facilities, and local fire protection.
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cariboo Regional District had a population of 62,931 living in 27,614 of its 32,395 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 61,988. With a land area of 80,373.79 km2 (31,032.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.8/km2 (2.0/sq mi) in 2021.
Rural Representative Elections
Electoral directors
Twelve electoral area directors and four municipal directors govern the affairs of the Cariboo Regional District. The electoral area directors are elected by area voters, and municipal directors are appointed by their municipal council. All directors serve for a four-year term.
Electoral areas
Regional District Electoral Areas are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L.
Electoral areas have no administrative or governmental significance; they are used only to elect rural representatives to regional district boards.
Literature
The Cariboo District and 100 Mile House are featured prominently in Al Purdy's poem "The Cariboo Horses" to examine the tradition of equinity against human civilization.