Fraser Valley Regional District Voting Strength Populations, 2008

Population figures certified under section 783(3) of the Local Government Act, effective December 1, 2007, for determining voting strength and director representation in the Fraser Valley. The data includes people residing on Indian Reserves and incorporates boundary revisions to December 31, 2006. It is provided by the Government of British Columbia and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Calculate voting strength allocations for regional districts based on certified population figures.
• Analyze the impact of including Indian Reserve populations on electoral representation.
• Study changes in administrative boundaries and their effect on population counts for governance.

Strengths

• Data is certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development for official use.
• Includes a specific and legally relevant population subset (people residing on Indian Reserves).
• Incorporates documented boundary revisions as of December 31, 2006.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Certified population figures under the Local Government Act.

Time Range

Effective December 1, 2007 (2008 dataset).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:13.490994; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.