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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is located in the heart of the scenic southern interior of British Columbia on the Trans-Canada Highway between Calgary and Vancouver. The Regional District is situated on the northern end of the Kootenay, Columbia and Okanagan valleys.
The CSRD has a total population of approximately 57,000 and is made up of six unincorporated electoral areas and four member municipalities - Golden, Revelstoke, Sicamous and Salmon Arm. The Regional District is a form of local government that provides a variety of localized services to the electoral areas. It also provides regional services to the electoral areas and member municipalities, such as the 9-1-1 emergency telephone response service and solid waste management.
The CSRD Board consists of 11 Directors, one each from the municipalities of Sicamous, Revelstoke and Golden, and two from Salmon Arm, as well as one each from the six electoral areas. The Board governs the affairs of the Regional District. It meets monthly, usually on the third Thursday of the month.
Regional districts also function as regional hospital districts to provide capital financing for the building of new hospitals, improvements, major renovations, and machinery and equipment. This cost is usually shared on a 60% provincial - 40% regional hospital district basis.