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The Canadian province of British Columbia is divided into regional districts as a means to better enable municipalities and rural areas to work together at a regional level. These divisions also serve as the province's census divisions.

Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.

Similar to counties in other parts of Canada, regional districts serve only to provide municipal services as the local government in areas not incorporated into a municipality, and in certain regional affairs of shared concern between residents of unincorporated areas and those in the municipalities such as a stakeholder role in regional planning. In those predominantly rural areas, regional districts provide services such as land use planning, building inspection, solid waste management, and some responsibility for community fire protection. Most land nominally within a regional district is under the control of the provincial government, or in the case of national parks and offshore waters, the federal government. Indian reserves located within the boundaries of regional districts are likewise excluded from their jurisdiction and infrastructure, and there are varying levels of collaboration between First Nations governments and regional district boards. Regional districts are governed by boards of directly and indirectly elected directors. Municipalities appoint directors to represent their populations (usually the mayors), while residents of unincorporated areas (which are grouped into electoral areas) elect directors directly. The votes of directors from municipalities generally count more than the votes of directors from electoral areas, and larger municipalities have more votes than smaller ones. For example, both North Saanich and Metchosin appoint one director to the Capital Regional District board of directors, but the vote of North Saanich's director counts three times as much as the vote of Metchosin's appointee.

+British Columbia regional districts as of 2020Regional districtOffice locationEstablishedPopulation (2019 est. (estimate))Area (km2)Density (per km2)Alberni–ClayoquotPort Alberni April 21, 196633,3156,5884.7Bulkley–NechakoBurns Lake February 1, 196639,61473,3610.52CapitalVictoria February 1, 1966418,5112,340163.8CaribooWilliams Lake July 9, 196865,45680,6090.77Central CoastBella Coola July 16, 19683,58424,4920.14Central KootenayNelson November 30, 196563,31122,0952.7Central OkanaganKelowna August 24, 1967217,2142,90567.1Columbia–ShuswapSalmon Arm November 30, 196555,82328,9291.8Comox ValleyCourtenay February 1, 200872,6251,70139.1Cowichan ValleyDuncan September 26, 196790,4483,47524.1East KootenayCranbrook November 30, 196564,69527,5432.2Fraser ValleyChilliwack December 12, 1995331,53313,33522.2Fraser–Fort GeorgePrince George March 8, 1967103,39250,6761.9Kitimat–StikineTerrace September 14, 196739,150104,4610.36Kootenay BoundaryTrail February 22, 196633,4328,0823.9Metro VancouverBurnaby June 29, 19672,691,3432,883918.0Mount WaddingtonPort McNeill June 13, 196611,66720,2440.55NanaimoNanaimo August 24, 1967169,9602,03876.4North CoastPrince Rupert August 17, 196719,30319,7810.92North OkanaganColdstream November 9, 196590,8657,50311.2Northern RockiesFort Nelson January 29, 20094,95685,1110.06Okanagan–SimilkameenPenticton March 4, 196689,07510,4148.0Peace RiverDawson Creek October 31, 196766,880117,3910.54qathetPowell River December 19, 196721,1025,0754.0Squamish–LillooetPemberton October 3, 196946,35716,3102.6Stikine Region (N/A) (N/A)734118,6630.01StrathconaCampbell River February 1, 200849,08518,2782.4Sunshine CoastSechelt January 4, 196731,8103,7777.9Thompson–NicolaKamloops November 24, 1967146,09644,4483.0