Voting Strength for Regional Districts in Cowichan Valley, 2008

December 1, 2007 certified population figures for regional districts in Cowichan Valley, British Columbia. The data was published by the Government of British Columbia under the OGL-CA-2.0 license and includes people residing on Indian Reserves. It is intended for determining voting strength and Director representation.

Use Cases

• Calculate voting strength allocations for regional districts based on certified population figures.
• Analyze population distribution including residents on Indian Reserves.
• Study boundary revisions and their impact on representation as of December 31, 2006.

Strengths

• Certified population figures with a specific effective date of December 1, 2007.
• Includes boundary revisions to December 31, 2006, providing a temporal reference.
• Explicitly includes population residing on Indian Reserves, a specific data feature.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing solely on Cowichan Valley.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development under section 783(3) of the Local Government Act.

Time Range

Effective December 1, 2007, with boundary revisions to December 31, 2006.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:36:28.768141; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.