Spallumcheen
District municipality in British Columbia, Canada
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1921 523 — 1931 1,629 +211.5% 1941 1,805 +10.8% 1951 1,936 +7.3% 1956 1,937 +0.1% 1961 2,123 +9.6% 1966 2,076 −2.2% 1971 2,302 +10.9% 1976 3,378 +46.7% 1981 4,213 +24.7% 1986 4,310 +2.3% 1991 4,719 +9.5% 1996 5,322 +12.8% 2001 5,134 −3.5% 2006 4,960 −3.4% 2011 5,055 +1.9% Sources: Statistics Canada [2]
Spallumcheen is a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia . Located in the Okanagan region between Vernon and Enderby , the township had a population of 5,055 and land area of 255.77 square kilometres (98.75 sq mi) in the Canada 2011 Census .[3] The district, whose official name is the Township of Spallumcheen and which is the oldest rural municipality in the British Columbia Interior (incorporated in 1892),[4] consists primarily of agricultural land surrounding the separately incorporated City of Armstrong . Both Spallumcheen and Armstrong are member municipalities of the Regional District of North Okanagan .
Etymology
The name is derived from a Shuswap language word, either "spil-a-mi-shine" meaning "flat mouth", or "spal-lum-shin" meaning "meadow flat". Another word, spalmtsin , which has an Okanagan language cognate spelemtsin , means "flat area along edge". Other variations include Spellmacheen and Spallamcheen , which were the original names used for the Shuswap River , which exits the Shuswap Highland in this area and heads north to Mara and Shuswap Lakes . The same word is the source of the name of the Spillimacheen River and the settlement of the same name in the Columbia Valley .[5] [6] [7] [8]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Spallumcheen had a population of 5,307 living in 2,036 of its 2,099 total private dwellings, a change of 3.9% from its 2016 population of 5,106. With a land area of 254.92 km2 (98.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.8/km2 (53.9/sq mi) in 2021.[9]
Ethnicity
Panethnic groups in the District of Spallumcheen (2001−2021)
Panethnic group
2021[10]
2016[11]
2011[12]
2006[13]
2001[14]
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
Pop.
%
European [a]
4,915
92.65%
4,720
92.55%
4,690
92.96%
4,690
94.56%
4,790
93.37%
Indigenous
310
5.84%
275
5.39%
320
6.34%
220
4.44%
240
4.68%
East Asian [b]
30
0.57%
40
0.78%
40
0.79%
20
0.4%
50
0.97%
Southeast Asian [c]
20
0.38%
35
0.69%
0
0%
10
0.2%
15
0.29%
African
15
0.28%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
South Asian
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
30
0.6%
10
0.19%
Latin American
0
0%
10
0.2%
0
0%
0
0%
20
0.39%
Middle Eastern [d]
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
Other/Multiracial [e]
0
0%
20
0.39%
0
0%
10
0.2%
10
0.19%
Total responses
5,305
99.96%
5,100
99.88%
5,045
100.1%
4,960
100%
5,130
99.92%
Total population
5,307
100%
5,106
100%
5,040
100%
4,960
100%
5,134
100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses
Religion
According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Spallumcheen included:[10]
Irreligion (2,925 persons or 55.1%)
Christianity (2,315 persons or 43.6%)
Catholic (345 persons or 6.5%)
United Church (215 persons or 4.1%)
Baptist (135 persons or 2.5%)
Reformed (110 persons or 2.1%)
Anabaptist (65 persons or 1.2%)
Lutheran (65 persons or 1.2%)
Other Christian (1,380 persons or 26.0%)
Other (50 persons or 0.9%)
See also
Notes
^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e. " and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
^ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS ). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014 .
^ "British Columbia – Municipal Census Populations (1921–2011)" . BC Stats. Retrieved May 9, 2013 .
^ "Census subdivision of Spallumcheen, DM – British Columbia" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 12, 2013 .
^ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS ). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved December 8, 2012 .
^ Geological Survey of Canada Report 1877-78, by G.M. Dawson
^ Claudet's Report of his trip to Cherry Creek in 1867, refers to the river as "Spellmacheen". (12th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1948, citing G.M. Dawson's 1877-78 Geological Survey Report, p.27B
^ Dawson, "Shuswap", 43; Ok, 6:136-138, 10:66).
^ Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022 .
^ a b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved 2022-11-11 .
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved 2023-03-14 .
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved 2023-03-14 .
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved 2023-03-14 .
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles" . www12.statcan.gc.ca . Retrieved 2023-03-14 .
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