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Kootenay Boundary Regional District
Fruitvale, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Montrose, Rossland, Trail and Warfield and 5 electoral areas, 8,153 km² in all. 33,152 people lived in them in 2021, up 5.4% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. 6.6% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and 2.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale village | 1,958 | 3 km² | 0.6% | none |
| Grand Forks city | 4,112 | 11 km² | 18% | 0.1% |
| Greenwood city | 702 | 2 km² | none | none |
| Midway village | 651 | 13 km² | 61% | 0.2% |
| Montrose village | 1,013 | 2 km² | none | under 0.1% |
| Rossland city | 4,140 | 60 km² | 0.4% | none |
| Trail city | 7,920 | 37 km² | 4% | 0.1% |
| Warfield village | 1,753 | 2 km² | none | 0.1% |
| Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory | 1,422 | 781 km² | 3.4% | 0.9% |
| Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake | 1,627 | 557 km² | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks | 3,226 | 2,127 km² | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary | 3,004 | 4,316 km² | 8.9% | 1.5% |
| Electoral Area A | 1,624 | 244 km² | 7.5% | 1% |
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 Kootenay Boundary 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. Each of its 8 municipalities zones its own land; its page says what we show there.
Building permits
Where the Kootenay Boundary Regional District's building inspection covers its electoral areas (Building Bylaw No. 1753): there a building permit is needed and the work is inspected.
| Electoral area | Covered by building inspection |
|---|---|
| Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory | All of the area |
| Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake | All of the area |
| Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks | All of the area |
| Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary | All of the area |
| Electoral Area A | All of the area |
Our reading of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary'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, 6 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in the Kootenay Boundary Regional District's places, in 4 seasons. The largest here:
- 2021Gladstone Park wildfire7,911 ha in all7,911 ha here
- 2015Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire N60584)4,417 ha in all4,417 ha here
- 2017Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire N61615)2,304 ha in all2,304 ha here
- 2015Lynch Creek wildfire1,955 ha in all1,955 ha here
- 2007South Pend D wildfire2,308 ha in all231 ha here
- 2021Michaud Creek #1 wildfire14,248 ha in all169 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
The Environmental Assessment Office's register places 4 major projects in assessment or approved in the Kootenay Boundary Regional District's places.
- Record RidgeIn assessment; in Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory.
- Seven Mile Generating Station Unit 4Approved; in Electoral Area A.
- Waneta Generating Station UpgradeApproved; in Electoral Area A.
- Waneta Hydroelectric ExpansionApproved; in Electoral Area A.
The register places each project at one point; a mine, pipeline or line can reach well past it. Every major project in BC by place.
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