Cariboo Regional District

The Cariboo Regional District spans the Cities and Districts of Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, and Wells in the Central Interior of British Columbia.

Geography
The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in the Central Interior of BC encompasses 80,252 square kilometers of land. The Cariboo and Coastal mountain ranges hug the CRD on its west and east side boundaries. The region straddles Highway 97 from 70 Mile House in the south to 5 km south of Hixon in the north. It belongs to the PDT/PST time zones.

Incorporated municipalities

 * District Municipality of 100 Mile House
 * City of Quesnel
 * District Municipality of Wells
 * City of Williams Lake

Communities

 * Alexandria
 * Australian
 * Kersley
 * Red Bluff
 * Rich Bar

Other communities

 * Alexis Creek
 * Anahim Lake
 * Horsefly
 * Lac La Hache
 * Likely
 * Lone Butte
 * McLeese Lake
 * Nazko
 * Nimpo Lake
 * Riske Creek
 * Tatla Lake
 * Forest Grove
 * 150 Mile House

Features and Amenities
The Cariboo Regional District provides region-wide library services, recreational facilities, and local fire protection.

Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Cariboo Regional District had a population of $62,931$ living in $27,614$ of its $32,395$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $61,988$. With a land area of 80373.79 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.


 * Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Electoral directors
Twelve electoral area directors and four municipal directors govern the affairs of the Cariboo Regional District. The electoral area directors are elected by area voters, and municipal directors are appointed by their municipal council. All directors serve for a four-year term.

Electoral areas
Regional District Electoral Areas are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L.

Electoral areas have no administrative or governmental significance; they are used only to elect rural representatives to regional district boards.

Literature
The Cariboo District and 100 Mile House are featured prominently in Al Purdy's poem "The Cariboo Horses" to examine the tradition of equinity against human civilization.