Kitimat, British Columbia

Kitimat is a district municipality on the Douglas Channel in northwestern British Columbia. The District of Kitimat runs planning and zoning, building permits and inspections, business licences, bylaw enforcement, roads and public works, water and sewer, residential garbage, recycling, food waste and yard waste collection, fire and ambulance (Kitimat Fire and Ambulance), and recreation through its Leisure Services Department. Animal control is contracted by the District to the Kitimat Community Humane Society, which also acts as poundkeeper. Policing is by the RCMP. The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine (RDKS) is the regional district; Kitimat's Council selects its director or directors to the RDKS board, but the District documents read do not list which RDKS services apply in Kitimat. Many things people think of as "district" matters, like marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences, are provincial.