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North Coast Regional District
Daajing Giids, Masset, Port Clements, Port Edward and Prince Rupert and 4 electoral areas, 20,098 km² in all. 15,893 people lived in them in 2021, up 2% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. 2.1% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and under 0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daajing Giids village | 964 | 36 km² | none | none |
| Masset village | 838 | 21 km² | 27% | none |
| Port Clements village | 340 | 13 km² | 20% | none |
| Port Edward district municipality | 470 | 178 km² | none | none |
| Prince Rupert city | 12,300 | 67 km² | none | none |
| Electoral Area A | 45 | 2,981 km² | 0.2% | none |
| Electoral Area C | 31 | 6,833 km² | 0.3% | under 0.1% |
| Electoral Area D | 580 | 6,511 km² | 5% | none |
| Electoral Area E | 325 | 3,458 km² | 2% | 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 North 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. Each of its 5 municipalities zones its own land; its page says what we show there.
Building permits
Where the North 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 North 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
No wildfire of 1,000 ha or more has burned in the North Coast Regional District's places since 1990, in the BC Wildfire Service's perimeters.
Major projects
The Environmental Assessment Office's register places 1 major project in assessment or approved in the North Coast Regional District's places.
- Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (formerly known as Vopak Pacific Canada)Approved; in Prince Rupert.
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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