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Sechelt (/ ˈ s iː ʃ ɛ l t /, shíshálh Language: ch'atlich [3]) is a district municipality located on the lower Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.Approximately 50 km (30 miles) northwest of Vancouver, it is accessible from mainland British Columbia by a 40-minute ferry trip between Horseshoe Bay and Langdale, and a 25-minute drive from Langdale along Highway 101, also known as the ...
The population of approximately 28,000 is strung out along Highway 101, which generally traces the southern and western coastline. The major economic activities are tourism and logging. There is just one incorporated district on the peninsula - Sechelt, located at the isthmus between Sechelt Inlet and the Georgia Strait. Other communities include:
Population is concentrated along the coast. Midway up the coast, beginning at the town of Sechelt, the coastal area forms a peninsula separated from the inland area by Sechelt Inlet . The 2016 census reported a total population of 29,970 persons [ 3 ] living on a land area of 3,778.17 km 2 (1,458.76 sq mi).
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the shíshálh Nation Government District had a population of 765 living in 333 of its 377 total private dwellings, a change of 9.8% from its 2016 population of 697. With a land area of 11.03 km 2 (4.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 69.4/km 2 (179.6/sq mi) in 2021. [7]
The Sunshine Coast is a geographic subregion of the British Columbia Coast that generally comprises the regional districts of qathet and Sunshine Coast. [1]While populous and frequently visited by tourists, the Sunshine Coast can be reached only by ferry (commonly BC Ferries) or by floatplane, as no access roads have been built around or across the fjords separating it from the rest of the ...
The table below lists the 100 largest census subdivisions (municipalities or municipal equivalents) in Canada by population, using data from the 2021 Canadian census for census subdivisions. [1] This list includes only the population within a census subdivision's boundaries as defined at the time of the census.
A population centre, ... In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 108 population centres in the province of British ... Sechelt: Small: 9,434 8,993 ...
Canada is divided into 10 provinces and three territories.The majority of Canada's population is concentrated in the areas close to the Canada–US border.Its four largest provinces by area (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta) are also its most populous; together they account for 86.5 percent of the country's population.