Sunshine Coast Regional District

The Sunshine Coast Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southern mainland coast, across Georgia Strait from Vancouver Island. It borders on the qathet Regional District to the north, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the east, and, across Howe Sound, the Metro Vancouver District to the south. The regional district offices are located in the District Municipality of Sechelt.

Geography

The majority of the Sunshine Coast is sparsely populated. The Coast Mountains make up the inland area. Population is concentrated along the coast. Midway up the coast, beginning at the town of Sechelt, the coastal area forms a peninsula separated from the inland area by Sechelt Inlet. The 2016 census reported a total population of 29,970 persons living on a land area of 3,778.17 km².
The Sunshine Coast is typically accessed via boat or plane; no roads connect the district with the rest of the province. From Vancouver, ferries run from Horseshoe Bay to Gibsons across Howe Sound. At the northern end of the peninsula, ferries run from Earl's Cove to Saltery Bay.

Electoral Area	Pop 2021	% change 2016 - 2021	Pop 2016	Area Km2
A - Pender Harbour/Egmont/Madeira Park	3,039	16.0	2,619	1,898
B - Halfmoon Bay	2,969	8.9	2,726	1,270
D - Roberts Creek	3,523	3.0	3,421	143
E - Elphinstone	3,883	6.0	3,664	22
F - West Howe Sound	2,407	17.8	2,043	381

Sources Statistic Canada Census. Area A revised from 2,678

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Sunshine Coast Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.