Voting Strength for Regional Districts 2008 - Mount Waddington

Population figures certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development under section 783(3) of the Local Government Act, effective December 1, 2007. These figures are used to determine voting strength and Director representation for the Mount Waddington region and include people residing on Indian Reserves. The data incorporates boundary revisions up to December 31, 2006.

Use Cases

• Calculate voting strength quotas for regional districts based on certified population figures.
• Determine Director representation allocations based on population data.
• Analyze demographic changes in regional districts based on boundary revisions.
• Verify population counts for electoral purposes, including residents on Indian Reserves.

Strengths

• Data is certified by a Minister under specific legislation (section 783(3) of the Local Government Act).
• Includes population residing on Indian Reserves, which may be excluded in other datasets.
• Incorporates boundary revisions effective 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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:35:47.368149; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mount Waddington region, British Columbia, Canada.