Development Regions of British Columbia	For more information contact Natalie J. Work (250) 387-0330

Development Regions cover the entire province, and are aggregations of Regional Districts. They have the same boundaries as the Economic Regions observed by Statistics Canada.

For data by Development Region, look here.

Click on region or on names below for a region-specific map (PDF)

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Development Region Number and Name:

Detailed Maps:

Development Regions by Regional District:

1 - Vancouver Island/Coast

• Alberni-Clayoquot
• Capital
• Central Coast
• Comox-Strathcona
• Cowichan Valley
• Mount Waddington
• Nanaimo
• Powell River

2 - Mainland/Southwest

• Fraser Valley
• Greater Vancouver
• Squamish-Lillooet
• Sunshine Coast

3 - Thompson/Okanagan

• Okanagan-Similkameen
• Thompson-Nicola
• Central Okanagan
• North Okanagan
• Columbia-Shuswap

4 - Kootenay

• Central Kootenay
• East Kootenay
• Kootenay Boundary

5 - Cariboo

• Cariboo
• Fraser-Fort George

6 - North Coast

• Kitimat-Stikine
• Skeena-Queen Charlotte

7 - Nechako

• Bulkley-Nechako
• Stikine (Region)

8 - Northeast

• Northern Rockies
• Peace River

Prepared by: BC Stats
Last Updated: May 2007