2024 Regional Survey

The 2024 Regional Survey is now open. The survey is an essential tool to evaluate service and program delivery provided by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS).

Please note RDOS region includes electoral areas, syilx Okanagan communities, and municipalities located within the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

Please click the General Survey tab below to take the survey.

Survey results will help identify areas for improvement throughout the region. The survey takes about ten (10) minutes to complete.

Paper copies are available upon request. Please call RDOS Communications at 250-490-4148 or email communications@rdos.bc.ca.

The Regional Survey is open until Friday, October 4, 2024.

2024 Okanagan-Similkameen Housing Needs Survey

The Housing Needs Survey is currently being conducted by Urbanics Consultants Ltd. on behalf of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and affiliated municipalities. The goal of this survey is to gain a better understanding of the present and future housing needs of the region.

The survey is anonymous and the information provided will be kept confidential in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (British Columbia) ("FIPPA").

The Housing Needs Survey is open until Thursday, September 26, 2024.

Click here to take the survey on the Urbanics Consultants website.

2023 Citizen Survey

The results of the 2023 Citizen Survey were shared with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Corporate Services Committee on Thursday, September 7, 2023.

The Citizen Survey is an essential tool to evaluate service and program delivery by the Regional District. The survey, which was open from April 6 to May 5, 2023, received 740 responses.

Survey results were also shared with a community focus group to gather additional feedback. Invitations to participate in the focus group were sent to not-for-profit groups and Indigenous communities within the region.

RDOS senior management and staff will be reviewing the survey results with discussions to follow regarding service levels, areas for improvement, and budget implications.

The 2023 Citizen Survey, which featured anonymous responses, was promoted on all RDOS web and social media channels. Posters were also distributed in communities and information was sent to local media. Paper copies were made available upon request.

Click here to view the RDOS 2023 Citizen Survey Community Focus Group video.

Click here to view the Electoral Area News web page