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The Capital Regional District (CRD) is a local government administrative district encompassing the southern tip of Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands in the Canadian province of British Columbia. [4] The CRD is one of several regional districts in British Columbia and had an official population of 415,451 as of the Canada 2021 ...
Note: This category is for features and facilities which are directly under the administration or jurisdiction of the government of the regional district. For geographic features, Indian Reserves and band governments, and provincial and federal parks in the area circumscribed by its boundary, see Category:Greater Victoria and Category:Gulf Islands.
This is a list of historic places in the Capital Regional District, British Columbia (excluding the City of Victoria) entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are designated federally, provincially or municipally.
The Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York. The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century and came under English control in 1664. Albany has been the permanent capital of the state of New York since 1797.
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.
Capital District most commonly refers to the Capital District of New York, the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, the capital city of New York State. It may also refer to: Capital districts and territories, specially designated administrative divisions; Capital region, a region or district surrounding a capital city
A capital region, also called a capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding the country's capital city. It is not always the official term for the region, but may sometimes be used as an informal synonym. Capital regions can exist for either national or subnational capitals.
A capital district, capital region, or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any political or economic advantage relative to the others because of the national capital lying within its borders.