title: Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
text: # Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine
  
  The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of 104,464.61 square kilometres (40,334.01 sq mi). Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007. Thornhill is the largest unincorporated community in the regional District with a population of 5000+ residents.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  | Municipality | Government Type | Population |
  | - | - | - |
  | Terrace | city | 12,123 |
  | Kitimat | district municipality | 8,335 |
  | New Hazelton | district municipality | 666 |
  | Stewart | district municipality | 494 |
  | Hazelton | village | 270 |
  
  Thornhill unincorporated municipality population 5123
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of 37,790 living in 15,306 of its 17,386 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 37,367. With a land area of 104,307.25 $km^2$ (40,273.25 sq mi), it had a population density of $0.4/km^2$ (0.9/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  Panethnic groups in the Kitimat–Stikine Regional District (1996−2021) :
  
  | Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 | 2006 | 2006 | 2001 | 2001 | 1996 | 1996 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
  | European | 21,590 | 57.93% | 21,960 | 59.45% | 23,040 | 62.23% | 23,850 | 63.07% | 27,975 | 68.7% | 31,230 | 71.89% |
  | Indigenous | 13,415 | 35.99% | 13,265 | 35.91% | 12,660 | 34.19% | 12,275 | 32.46% | 10,960 | 26.92% | 10,210 | 23.5% |
  | South Asian | 895 | 2.4% | 575 | 1.56% | 520 | 1.4% | 995 | 2.63% | 975 | 2.39% | 1,005 | 2.31% |
  | Southeast Asian | 480 | 1.29% | 355 | 0.96% | 380 | 1.03% | 195 | 0.52% | 225 | 0.55% | 205 | 0.47% |
  | East Asian | 435 | 1.17% | 330 | 0.89% | 250 | 0.68% | 285 | 0.75% | 235 | 0.58% | 480 | 1.1% |
  | African | 230 | 0.62% | 210 | 0.57% | 40 | 0.11% | 85 | 0.22% | 170 | 0.42% | 160 | 0.37% |
  | Latin American | 110 | 0.3% | 140 | 0.38% | 55 | 0.15% | 85 | 0.22% | 135 | 0.33% | 75 | 0.17% |
  | Middle Eastern | 45 | 0.12% | 25 | 0.07% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 0.02% | 30 | 0.07% |
  | Other | 70 | 0.19% | 80 | 0.22% | 55 | 0.15% | 40 | 0.11% | 35 | 0.09% | 50 | 0.12% |
  | Total responses | 37,270 | 98.62% | 36,940 | 98.86% | 37,025 | 99.1% | 37,815 | 99.52% | 40,720 | 99.62% | 43,440 | 99.59% |
  | Total population | 37,790 | 100% | 37,367 | 100% | 37,361 | 100% | 37,999 | 100% | 40,876 | 100% | 43,618 | 100% |
  
  * Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
  