SOURCES & CITATIONS
Sources.
The sources below back the site’s core statistical and legal claims; we are expanding this list continuously. We update this page when claims are added, corrected, or retired. If you spot something wrong, send us a correction.
Population & demographic data
- Statistics Canada — 2021 Census Profile, Denman Island Trust AreaPrimary source for the 1,391 figure.
- Statistics Canada — 2016 Census Profile, Denman Island Trust AreaSource for the 1,165 figure.
- Islands Trust — 2021 Census Profile, Denman Island LTA
- Islands Trust — Trend Monitoring page
- Gulf Islands Driftwood — “Big Growth Spurt Measured on Gulf Islands” (Feb 2022)
Property tax & local finance
- CVRD 2024 Property Taxes — Electoral Area APrimary source for every line in the tax breakdown.
- CVRD Property Taxes — main page
- BC Assessment — Vancouver Island Region
Islands Trust — budget, governance, history
- Islands Trust — Budget & Accountability page
- Coast Reporter — “Island Trust passes $10.98 million budget” (Mar 2024)
- Bowen Island Undercurrent — “Islands Trust 2023/24 budget comes in just under $10 million” (Mar 2023)
- My Cowichan Valley Now — “Islands Trust approves $11.8 million budget for 2026/27” (Mar 2026)
- Islands Trust — “Islands Trust Requests Provincial Review of Islands Trust Act” (Oct 2024)
- Islands Trust — Governance overview
- Islands Trust — About Us / Overview
- Islands Trust — Timeline
- Country Life in BC — “Islands Trust turns 50” (Jul 2024)
- Gulf Islands Driftwood — “Islands Trust wrestles with bylaw enforcement policies” (Sept 2024)
- Islands Trust — State of the Islands Indicator Project Report (PDF, 2020)
Bowen Island incorporation precedent
- BC Geographical Names — Bowen Island recordPrimary source for incorporation date.
- Bowen Island Municipality — Document Center
- Islands Trust — Bowen Island Municipality overview
- Bowen Island Municipality — Islands Trust relationship page
- Gulf Islands Driftwood — “Bowen Islanders reflect on municipal life” (Sept 2017)
- History of Bowen Island
- Bowen Island Municipality — 2022 Community Opinion Poll on Trust Tax Requisition
Salt Spring Island referenda (2002 & 2017)
- BC Government News — “Salt Spring Island incorporation vote set” (Mar 2017)Primary source for the $255,000 provincial study funding.
- CBC News — “Salt Spring Islanders vote no to incorporation” (Sept 2017)
- Times Colonist — “Salt Spring voters reject bid to incorporate as municipality” (Sept 2017)
- CBC News — “Salt Spring Island to vote on becoming municipality” (Mar 2017)
- Gulf Islands Driftwood — “Elected Officials’ Statements on Referendum Result” (Sept 2017)
- Times Colonist — “Salt Spring looks to heal after rejecting incorporation” (Sept 2017)
Okanagan Falls incorporation (2025)
- BC Government News — Okanagan Falls municipality formally established (July 2026)Primary source: first election October 17, 2026; formal incorporation November 6, 2026. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- BC Government News — “Update on Okanagan Falls and the incorporation of a new municipality” (Aug 2025)
- CBC News — “B.C. to get 1st new municipality in 15 years…” (Mar 2025)
- govTogetherBC — Municipal Incorporation Process for Okanagan Falls
- RDOS Regional Connections — Okanagan Falls Incorporation Referendum
BC restructure & incorporation legislation
- BC Local Government Act, RSBC 2015, c.1Section 6 mandates island-municipality classification.
- BC Islands Trust Act, RSBC 1996, c.239Section 7 (double-direct) and section 38 (OCP approval).
- Province of BC — Local Government Structure: Managing Changes (PDF)
- Province of BC — Local government restructure grantsPrimary source: grants may be available depending on circumstances and budget; funding is not guaranteed. Last checked August 18, 2026.
Cable ferry (Baynes Sound Connector)
- CBC News — “New Denman Island cable ferry stranded by hydraulic failure” (May 2016)
- CBC News — “2nd Denman Island cable ferry breakdown prompts call for backup” (July 2016)
- Times Colonist — “Buckley Bay cable ferry back in service…” (May 2016)
- CHEK News — “Frustrations mount as Buckley Bay ferry breakdown leads to several hour delay” (July 2022)
- The Discourse / Capital Daily — “Denman Island resident calls for investigation into BC Ferries cable ferry” (June 2024)
- Global News — “‘One disaster after another’: Denman Islanders steamed over cable ferry outage” (May 2024)Source for Ricia Hollinger quote.
- CHEK News — “Denman Island resident calls for investigation into BC Ferries cable ferry”
- Comox Valley Record — “LETTER: Denman Islander calls for the decommissioning of Baynes Sound Connector” (Oct 2023)
- BC Ferries — Baynes Sound Connector official page
- BC Ferries — Leadership and governancePrimary source: BC Ferries was converted from a Crown corporation to a private company in 2003 and operates as an independently regulated ferry-service contractor. Last checked August 18, 2026.
Denman governance bodies
- Denman Community Housing Society — organization historyFirst-party account: DHA and DCLTA merged in August 2024. Checked September 10, 2026.
- Denman Community Housing Society — current projectsDenman Green is proposed as 20 units including five for seniors; construction funding sought. Works Yard is a separate proposal. Published status checked September 10, 2026, not a site inspection.
- Former Denman Housing Association — Pepper Lane land loss and cooperation updateHistorical first-party account: original eight-unit Pepper Lane site lost; at least five seniors units reserved within Denman Green's twenty, not added to them.
- CVRD — Graham Lake Water Local Service AreaPrimary source: approximately 91 properties and 200 residents; former improvement district converted January 1, 2023. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Denman Island Residents Association — About DIRA
- DIRA — Committees & Services
- DIRA — Public Meeting minutes (June 2025)
- DenmanWORKS! — Government and admin
- DICES — Denman Island Community Education Society
- Denman Island Museum & Archives — Organizations page
- HIRRA — Hornby Island Residents and Ratepayers Association
- Islands Trust — Denman LTC page
- Islands Trust — Denman bylaws (incl. LUB 186 and Bylaw 232)
- Denman Island Land Use Bylaw No. 186 (consolidated July 2024)
- Islands Trust — Bylaw Enforcement Notice & Dispute Adjudication system
- Comox Valley Schools — Denman Island Community School
Historical context — ALR & Barrett era
- BC NDP Heritage Committee — “Protecting farmland… The story of BC’s Agricultural Land Reserve”
- Wikipedia — Agricultural Land Reserve
- Provincial Agricultural Land Commission — Home
- Provincial Agricultural Land Commission — Role of the ALC
- Country Life in BC — “ALC gets an earful” (Nov 2019)
- Wikipedia — Dave Barrett
- CBC News — Dave Barrett obituary (Feb 2018)
- The Tyee — “Dave Barrett: The Man Who Changed a Province” (Feb 2018)
- Globe and Mail — “Fifty years later, B.C.’s farms and cities reap the benefits…” (Apr 2023)
Denman Island history
Conservancies and land trusts on Denman
- Denman Conservancy Association — About page
- Denman Conservancy Association — DCA History
- Denman Conservancy Association — Our Work
- Denman Conservancy Association — Lands
- Islands Trust — 35th Anniversary Story: Denman Conservancy Association (Patti Willis, 2025)
- Islands Trust — Non-Profit Conservancies in the Trust Area
Fisheries, aquaculture, and Baynes Sound
- Province of BC — Land Use Operational Policy: AquaculturePrimary source for provincial Crown-land tenure and DFO licensing roles. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada — Apply for a Pacific aquaculture licencePrimary source for DFO operational licensing. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Wikipedia — Baynes SoundSource for the 39% / 55% production figures.
K’ómoks Treaty status
- BC Laws — K’ómoks Treaty ActPrimary source: Royal Assent May 28, 2026; implementation provisions include later in-force steps. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Province of BC — K’ómoks Treaty overviewPrimary source: earliest anticipated effective treaty date is in 2028, subject to remaining steps. Last checked August 18, 2026.
Elector eligibility and 2026 election rules
- Province of BC — Voter eligibility in local electionsPrimary source: property ownership alone does not establish non-resident property-elector eligibility. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Elections BC — 2026 General Local ElectionsPrimary source for the July 20 pre-campaign start and October 17 general voting day. Last checked August 18, 2026.
- Elections BC — Local advertising sponsorsPrimary source for third-party advertising registration, independence, authorization, and disclosure obligations. Last checked August 18, 2026.