Regional District of Nanaimo

YK

NWT

AB

USA

AK

Alberni
Clayoquot

Bulkley
Nechako

Capital

Cariboo

Central
Coast

Central
Kootenay

Central
Okanagan

Columbia
Shuswap

Comox
Valley

Cowichan

East
Kootenay

Fraser
Valley

Fraser
Fort George

Kitimat
Stikine

Kootenay
Boundary

MV

Mount
Waddington

Nanaimo

North
Okanagan

Northern
Rockies

Okanagan
Similkameen

Peace
River

Powell
River

Skeena
Queen Charlotte

Squamish
Lillooet

Stikine

Strathcona

Sunshine
Coast

Thompson
Nicola

The Regional District of Nanaimo is a regional district located on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the south by the Cowichan Valley Regional District, to the west by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, and to the northwest by the Comox Valley Regional District. Its administration offices are located in Nanaimo. During the 2006 census, its population was established at 138,631.

The Regional District of Nanaimo was incorporated on August 24, 1967. It includes the cities of Nanaimo and Parksville, the town of Qualicum Beach, and the district of Lantzville, as well as the unincorporated communities of Cedar, Extension, South Wellington, East Wellington, Gabriola Island, Mudge Island, Nanoose Bay, Errington, Coombs, Dashwood, Qualicum Bay, Bowser and Deep Bay. These unincorporated communities are found in the Regional district electoral areas of A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. It is 2,034.94 km² (785.69 sq mi) in land area, geographically the smallest of British Columbia's regional districts.

The region owns and operates Nanaimo Regional Transit, which provides conventional local bus routes and special needs paratransit services.

References

• Statistics Canada Community Profile: Nanaimo (regional district)

External links

• Regional District of Nanaimo
• "Regional District of Nanaimo". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9031.html. 

Coordinates: 49°15′00″N 124°20′00″W / 49.25°N 124.3333333°W / 49.25; -124.3333333