Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District Voting Populations for 2008

Population figures certified by the Minister of Community and Rural Development under the Local Government Act, effective December 1, 2007. These figures are used to determine voting strength and Director representation for the Okanagan-Similkameen regional district and include people residing on Indian Reserves. The data includes boundary revisions to December 31, 2006 and is provided by the Government of British Columbia.

Use Cases

• Calculate voting strength allocations for regional districts based on certified population figures.
• Analyze Director representation ratios based on population data.
• Study population distribution including residents on Indian Reserves.
• Verify boundary revisions effective December 31, 2006 for electoral purposes.

Strengths

• Data is certified by a Minister under specific legislation (section 783(3) of the Local Government Act).
• Includes population residing on Indian Reserves, a specific demographic detail.
• Incorporates boundary revisions to December 31, 2006, providing a temporal reference.

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 under legislation.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:33.689776; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Okanagan-Similkameen regional district, British Columbia, Canada.