2016 Census Results (Population) for Cariboo-Chilcotin Region

Last week, Statistics Canada released last year's Census Results as it related to population across Canada.  The next data set in regards to the 2016 Census will be on Age/Sex and Type of Dwelling which will occur on May 3rd, 2017

Meanwhile - you can look up the 1st Data Set for the 2016 Census, in relationship to population across Canada here

Here's how the population broke down, across the Cariboo-Chilcotin Region:

Jurisdiction	2016 Population	2011 Population	Increase/Decrease
District of Wells	217	245	Down 11.4%
City of Quesnel	9,879	10,007	Down 1.3%
City of Williams Lake	10,753	10,832	Down 0.7%
District of 100 Mile House	1,980	1,886	Up 5%
CRD Electoral Area ‘A’	6,265	6,250	Up 0.2%
CRD Electoral Area ‘B’	3,842	4,006	Down 4.1%
CRD Electoral Area ‘C’	1,225	1,225	No Change
CRD Electoral Area ‘D’	2,929	2,988	Down 2.0%
CRD Electoral Area ‘E’	4,064	4,129	Down 1.6%
CRD Electoral Area ‘F’	4,554	4,564	Down 0.2%
CRD Electoral Area ‘G’	5,156	4,955	Up 4.1%
CRD Electoral Area ‘H’	1,784	1,569	Up 13.7%
CRD Electoral Area ‘I’	1,440	1,511	Down 4.7%
CRD Electoral Area ‘J’	642	600	Down 7.0%
CRD Electoral Area ‘K’	398	494	Down 19.4%
CRD Electoral Area ‘L’	4,204	4,177	Up 0.6%

As you can see, with few exceptions, the trend is less population across the Region.  So far, only Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson has spoken out publicly on these results, saying that his City's population down 1.3% does not concern him.  Read more here

The population numbers also have a bearing on weighted votes at the Cariboo Regional District Board table.  With Quesnel's population below 10,000, it could find that it no longer holds 5 Weighted Votes (like Williams Lake) but now only holds 4 Weighted Votes.  Weighted Votes are usually primarily for financial/budget matters and don't really mean much unless the CRD Board is really divided on a budget or financial matter, then weighted votes by each CRD Director matter.  The BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, if it hasn't already, should be looking at the new population numbers across BC and will issue revised voting tables to all 27 Regional Districts either later this year or January 2018 at the latest

~SF