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Mount Waddington Regional District
Alert Bay, Port Alice, Port Hardy and Port McNeill and 4 electoral areas, 20,581 km² in all. 9,311 people lived in them in 2021, down 2.4% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. Under 0.1% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and 1.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert Bay village | 449 | 2 km² | none | none |
| Port Alice village | 739 | 7 km² | none | none |
| Port Hardy district municipality | 3,902 | 39 km² | none | under 0.1% |
| Port McNeill town | 2,356 | 14 km² | none | none |
| Electoral Area A | 695 | 12,909 km² | none | 2.4% |
| Electoral Area B | 35 | 2,605 km² | none | none |
| Electoral Area C | 764 | 1,560 km² | none | 0.7% |
| Electoral Area D | 371 | 3,446 km² | 0.6% | 0.8% |
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
The Mount Waddington Regional District doesn't publish its zoning map as open data, so reports for its rural lots can't name the zone; they show what the zones of the bylaw that may apply allow, and say to ask. Each of its 4 municipalities zones its own land; its page says what we show there.
- RDMW Zoning Bylaw No. 21, 1972Every electoral area. Its rural zones summarised in plain words, checked against the bylaw 2026-10-02.
Ask the Mount Waddington Regional District which zone a lot is in, and confirm what it allows before you buy or build. Every zoning bylaw we cover.
Building permits
Where the Mount Waddington Regional District's building inspection covers its electoral areas (Building Bylaw No. 682, 2003): there a building permit is needed and the work is inspected.
| Electoral area | Covered by building inspection |
|---|---|
| Electoral Area A | None |
| Electoral Area B | Unclear The bylaw places Coal Harbour, the only place it covers, in Area B in one section and Area C in another |
| Electoral Area C | Part of the area Coal Harbour only |
| Electoral Area D | None |
Our reading of the Regional District of Mount Waddington'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, 4 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in the Mount Waddington Regional District's places, in 3 seasons. The largest here:
- 2018Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire V92348)19,050 ha in all17,660 ha here
- 2018Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire V91119)12,313 ha in all8,403 ha here
- 1999Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire V90455)5,983 ha in all5,983 ha here
- 2004Klinaklini Valley wildfire4,838 ha in all1,184 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 5 major projects in assessment or approved in the Mount Waddington Regional District's places.
- Klinaklini HydroelectricIn assessment; in Electoral Area A.
- Cape Scott Wind FarmApproved; in Electoral Area B.
- Holberg Wind EnergyApproved; in Electoral Area B.
- Kokish River HydroelectricApproved; in Electoral Area D.
- Orca Sand and GravelApproved; in Port McNeill.
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.
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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