Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen


The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is in southern British Columbia, adjacent to the U.S. state of Washington. It is bounded by Fraser Valley Regional District to the west, Thompson-Nicola Regional District and Regional District of Central Okanagan to the north, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary to the east, and by Okanogan County, Washington to the south. At the 2011 census the population was 80,742. The district covers a land area of. The administrative offices are in the City of Penticton.

Population history

RDOS comprises six municipalities and eight rural electoral areas designated Electoral areas A - H. The municipalities of RDOS are Penticton, Summerland, Osoyoos, Oliver, Princeton, and Keremeos.
MunicipalityTypePopulation
PentictonCity32,877
SummerlandDistrict municipality11,280
OsoyoosTown4,845
OliverTown4,824
PrincetonTown2,724
KeremeosVillage1,330

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census, 84.43% of Okanagan-Similkameen's population have English as mother tongue; German is the mother tongue of 2.99% of the population, followed by Punjabi, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Spanish, and Italian.
Mother tonguePopulationPercentage
English67,36084.43%
German2,3852.99%
Punjabi2,2802.86%
French1,5151.90%
Portuguese8451.06%
Dutch6400.80%
Ukrainian3350.42%
Hungarian3300.41%
Spanish3300.41%
Italian3100.39%

Electoral areas

; Okanagan-Similkameen A
; Okanagan-Similkameen B
; Okanagan-Similkameen C
; Okanagan-Similkameen D
; Okanagan-Similkameen E
; Okanagan-Similkameen F
; Okanagan-Similkameen G
; Okanagan-Similkameen H