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Poll: Respondents split on view of increased population in qathet Regional District, Powell River

47 per cent see increase as positive, 53 per cent have negative view
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NEW NUMBERS: Statistics Canada has released its first report from the 2021 census, indicating that there has been population growth in both City of Powell River and qathet Regional District

The Peak polled 1064 readers and asked the question: How do you view the recent population growth in qathet Regional District and City of Powell River?

The poll ran from 2/18/2022 to 3/11/2022. Of the 1064 votes, we can determine that 522 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Positively 45.21 % local, 47.46 % total    
Negatively 54.79 % local, 52.54 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of readers who are located in the qathet region. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 2.88%, 19 times out of 20.

The Peak uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.