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Central Coast Regional District
4 electoral areas, 25,068 km² in all. 1,375 people lived in them in 2021, down 2% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. 0.2% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and 2.5% has burned in a mapped wildfire since 1996.
Its places
Each place's page has its land, hazards, wells, climate, tax and census facts. Listed by name, not ranked.
| Place | People, 2021 | Land | In the farmland reserve | Burned since 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A | 149 | 20,355 km² | none | 0.7% |
| Electoral Area C | 661 | 4,043 km² | 0.7% | 12% |
| Electoral Area D | 403 | 308 km² | 4% | 1.2% |
| Electoral Area E | 162 | 362 km² | none | none |
Land and shares measured by us from the provincial maps (farmland reserve, BC Wildfire Service perimeters) over Statistics Canada's 2021 census subdivisions; people from the 2021 census.
Zoning
We have no open zoning map of the Central Coast Regional District's electoral areas, so reports there don't name the zone; each area's page says what we know and whom to ask.
Building permits
Where the Central Coast Regional District's building inspection covers its electoral areas: there a building permit is needed and the work is inspected.
| Electoral area | Covered by building inspection |
|---|---|
| Electoral Area A | Unclear Its own site doesn't say |
| Electoral Area C | Unclear Its own site doesn't say |
| Electoral Area D | Unclear Its own site doesn't say |
| Electoral Area E | Unclear Its own site doesn't say |
Our reading of the Central Coast Regional District's own page, checked 2026-10-07. Inside a municipality, the town or city runs its own building permits; the BC Building Code applies everywhere. Do you need a building permit on rural land?
Wildfire
Since 1990, 14 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in the Central Coast Regional District's places, in 8 seasons. The largest here:
- 2004Lonesome Lake wildfire20,506 ha in all16,170 ha here
- 2017Precipice Creek (Stillwater Lake/ Hotnarko) wildfire7,367 ha in all7,367 ha here
- 2025Octopus Lake wildfire5,471 ha in all5,471 ha here
- 2023Trumpeter Mountain wildfire4,834 ha in all4,834 ha here
- 2010Dean River wildfire4,553 ha in all4,546 ha here
- 2018Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire V91119)12,313 ha in all3,797 ha here
Each place's page lists every large and smaller mapped fire in it. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.
Major projects
No major project in assessment or approved has its point in the Central Coast Regional District's places on the Environmental Assessment Office's register.
Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · is it on a floodplain map? · has it burned? · how deep are the wells? · is there room for a septic field? · short-term rentals? · property tax?
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