Greater Vancouver Regional District Voting Populations, 2008

Government of British Columbia certified population figures for Greater Vancouver regional districts effective December 1, 2007. These figures are used to determine voting strength and Director representation and include people residing on Indian Reserves. The data incorporates boundary revisions to December 31, 2006.

Use Cases

• Calculate voting weight allocations for regional districts based on certified population figures.
• Analyze representation equity across districts based on population data that includes Indian Reserves.
• Study the impact of boundary revisions on electoral demographics for the 2008 period.

Strengths

• Data is certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development under specific legislation.
• Includes population figures for Indian Reserves, which is a specific demographic inclusion.
• Incorporates boundary revisions as of December 31, 2006, providing a defined geographic context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a single time point (effective December 1, 2007) and region.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development under the Local Government Act.

Time Range

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

Geography

Greater Vancouver regional districts.