City in British Columbia, Canada
City in British Columbia, Canada
Nanaimo
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City of Nanaimo
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Nickname(s):
Hub City, The Harbour City
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Coordinates:
49°09′51″N
123°56′11″W
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49.16417°N 123.93639°W
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49.16417; -123.93639
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Country
| Canada
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Province
| British Columbia
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District
| Nanaimo Regional
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Incorporated
| 1874
[2]
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? Type
| Elected city council
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? Mayor
| Leonard Krog
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? Governing body
| Nanaimo City Council
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MPs
| Lisa Marie Barron
(
NDP
)
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MLAs
| Sheila Malcolmson
(
BC NDP
)
Doug Routley
(BC NDP)
Adam Walker
(BC NDP)
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City
| 91.30 km
2
(35.25 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 1,280.84 km
2
(494.54 sq mi)
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Elevation
| 28 m (92 ft)
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City
| 99,863
[1]
(
ranked 57th
)
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? Density
| 1,104.1/km
2
(2,860/sq mi)
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Urban
| 96,415
[3]
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Metro
| 115,459 (
ranked 35th
)
[1]
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? Metro density
| 76.5/km
2
(198/sq mi)
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Demonym
| Nanaimoite
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Time zone
| UTC?8
(
PST
)
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? Summer (
DST
)
| UTC?7
(
PDT
)
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Forward sortation area
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Area code(s)
| 250
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778
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236
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672
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Website
| nanaimo
.ca
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Nanaimo
(
n?-
NY
-moh
) is a city of about 100,000 on the east coast of
Vancouver Island
, in
British Columbia
,
Canada
. "The Harbour City" was previously known as the "Hub City", which was attributed to its original layout design with streets radiating from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel, and to its relatively central location on Vancouver Island.
[4]
[5]
Nanaimo is the headquarters of the
Regional District of Nanaimo
.
Nanaimo is served by the
Island Highway
along the east coast, the
BC Ferries
system, and
its regional airport
. It is also on the dormant
Island Rail Corridor
.
History
[
edit
]
The
Indigenous peoples
of the area that is now known as Nanaimo are the
Snuneymuxw
. An anglicised spelling and pronunciation of that word gave the city its current name.
The first Europeans known to reach
Nanaimo Harbour
were members of the 1791 Spanish voyage of
Juan Carrasco
, under the command of
Francisco de Eliza
. They gave it the name
Bocas de Winthuysen
[5]
after naval officer
Francisco Javier Winthuysen y Pineda
. When the British
Hudson's Bay Company
(HBC) established a settlement here in 1852, they named it Colvile Town after HBC governor
Andrew Colvile
. In 1858 it was renamed as Nanaimo, after the local indigenous people.
[6]
: 184
The city has been called "The Harbour City" since the lead-up to
Expo 86
.
[7]
The HBC attempted to start a coal mine at
Port Rupert
but the project had been unsuccessful. In 1850 Snuneymuxw Chief Che-wich-i-kan, commonly known as "Coal Tyee", brought samples of coal to Victoria. A company clerk was dispatched and eventually the governor James Douglas visited the future site of Nanaimo.
[8]
While open to selling coal, the Snuneymuxw wished to retain control of it and retain the exclusive right to mine it. Chief Wun-wun-shum offered to sell coal for five barrels in exchange for one blanket. The HBC representative
Joseph William McKay
deemed this "impertinent". The Snuneymuxw retained their rights to the resource for a while, but gradually lost them due to other tribes and miners from the failed Port Rupert project.
[8]
By 1852, the first shipment of Nanaimo coal was loaded on the
Cadboro
.
Construction of the
Nanaimo Bastion
began in 1853 and was finished in 1855.
[9]
On 27 November 1854, 24 coal miners and their families from England arrived at the settlement aboard the
Beaver
and
Recovery
. They had travelled seven months on the ship
Princess Royal
arriving at
Esquimalt
two days earlier. They transferred to the two smaller vessels for the trip to Colvile Town.
[8]
They were greeted by Joseph William McKay and 21 Scottish miners.
During World War I, the provincial government established an
Internment camp
for Ukrainian detainees, many of them local, at a Provincial jail in Nanaimo. It operated from September 1914 to September 1915.
[10]
In the 1940s, lumber supplanted coal as the main business. Minetown Days have been celebrated in the neighbouring community of
Lantzville
to highlight some of the locale's history.
[11]
In the late nineteenth century, numerous immigrants came from China and settled here. What was known as the first Chinatown in Nanaimo was founded during the gold rush years of the 1860s; it was the third largest in British Columbia.
[12]
In 1884, because of mounting racial tensions related to the Dunsmuir coal company's hiring of Chinese strikebreakers, the company helped move Chinatown to a location outside city limits.
[13]
In 1908, when two Chinese entrepreneurs bought the site and tried to raise rents, the community and 4,000 shareholders from across Canada combined forces and bought a site for the third Chinatown, at a new location focused on Pine Street. That third Chinatown burned down on 30 September 1960 but it was by then mostly derelict and abandoned. A fourth Chinatown, also called Lower Chinatown or "new town", boomed for a while in the 1920s on Machleary Street.
[12]
Location and geography
[
edit
]
Located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, Nanaimo is about 111 kilometres (69 mi) north-west of
Victoria
,
[
citation needed
]
and 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of
Vancouver
, separated by the
Strait of Georgia
, and linked to Vancouver via the Horseshoe Bay
BC Ferries
terminal in West Vancouver and the Duke Point terminal to the
Tsawwassen ferry terminal
in
Tsawwassen
. As the site of the main ferry terminal, Nanaimo is the gateway to many other destinations both on the northern part of the island?
Tofino
,
Comox Valley
,
Parksville
,
Campbell River
,
Port Alberni
,
Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park
?and off its coast?
Saysutshun
,
Protection Island
,
Gabriola Island
,
Valdes Island
, and many other of the
Gulf Islands
.
[
citation needed
]
A private
passenger ferry
service connecting to Vancouver, named
Hullo
, began operating in August 2023.
[14]
Buttertubs Marsh
is a bird sanctuary located in the middle of the city. The marsh covers approximately 100 acres (40 ha). Within this is the 46-acre (19 ha) "Buttertubs Marsh Conservation Area", owned by the Nature Trust of British Columbia.
Climate
[
edit
]
Like much of coastal British Columbia, Nanaimo experiences a temperate climate with mild, rainy winters and warm, dry summers. Due to its relatively dry summers, the
Koppen climate classification
places it at the northernmost limits of the
Csb
or warm-summer
Mediterranean
zone.
[15]
Other climate classification systems, such as
Trewartha
, place it firmly in the
Oceanic
zone (
Do
).
[16]
Nanaimo is usually shielded from the
Aleutian Low
's influence by the mountains of central Vancouver Island, so that summers are unusually dry for its latitude and location?though summer drying as a trend is found in the immediate lee of the coastal ranges as far north as
Skagway
,
Alaska
.
Heavy snowfall does occasionally occur during winter, with a record daily total of 74 centimetres (29.13 in) on 12 February 1975, but the mean maximum cover is only 20 centimetres (7.9 in).
The highest temperature ever recorded in Nanaimo was 40.6 °C (105 °F) on 16 July 1941.
[17]
The coldest temperature ever recorded was ?20.0 °C (?4 °F) on 30 December 1968.
[18]
Climate data for
Nanaimo Airport
, 1981?2010 normals, extremes 1892?present
[a]
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Record high °C (°F)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
18.3
(64.9)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
34.3
(93.7)
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40.5
(104.9)
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40.6
(105.1)
|
36.7
(98.1)
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33.2
(91.8)
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29.3
(84.7)
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19.4
(66.9)
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18.2
(64.8)
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40.6
(105.1)
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
6.9
(44.4)
|
8.5
(47.3)
|
11.0
(51.8)
|
14.1
(57.4)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
20.8
(69.4)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
24.3
(75.7)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
14.6
(58.3)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
6.3
(43.3)
|
14.8
(58.6)
|
Daily mean °C (°F)
|
3.5
(38.3)
|
4.3
(39.7)
|
6.3
(43.3)
|
9.0
(48.2)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
18.1
(64.6)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
14.9
(58.8)
|
9.9
(49.8)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
3.1
(37.6)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
0.1
(32.2)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
1.7
(35.1)
|
3.9
(39.0)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
12.3
(54.1)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
5.2
(41.4)
|
1.8
(35.2)
|
?0.2
(31.6)
|
5.3
(41.5)
|
Record low °C (°F)
|
?18.3
(?0.9)
|
?17.2
(1.0)
|
?12.2
(10.0)
|
?5
(23)
|
?4.4
(24.1)
|
0.6
(33.1)
|
2.8
(37.0)
|
3.3
(37.9)
|
?1.1
(30.0)
|
?6.7
(19.9)
|
?16.1
(3.0)
|
?20
(?4)
|
?20
(?4)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
187.9
(7.40)
|
126.0
(4.96)
|
113.0
(4.45)
|
67.4
(2.65)
|
54.3
(2.14)
|
43.4
(1.71)
|
25.4
(1.00)
|
28.4
(1.12)
|
35.8
(1.41)
|
102.2
(4.02)
|
197.2
(7.76)
|
184.3
(7.26)
|
1,165.4
(45.88)
|
Average rainfall mm (inches)
|
167.8
(6.61)
|
115.2
(4.54)
|
106.9
(4.21)
|
67.2
(2.65)
|
54.2
(2.13)
|
43.4
(1.71)
|
25.4
(1.00)
|
28.4
(1.12)
|
35.8
(1.41)
|
101.2
(3.98)
|
186.5
(7.34)
|
166.1
(6.54)
|
1,098.2
(43.24)
|
Average snowfall cm (inches)
|
21.0
(8.3)
|
10.9
(4.3)
|
6.2
(2.4)
|
0.2
(0.1)
|
0.1
(0.0)
|
0.0
(0.0)
|
0.0
(0.0)
|
0.0
(0.0)
|
0.0
(0.0)
|
1.2
(0.5)
|
10.7
(4.2)
|
18.4
(7.2)
|
68.7
(27.0)
|
Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.2 mm)
|
19.7
|
16.0
|
18.2
|
15.6
|
14.8
|
12.4
|
7.6
|
6.8
|
8.2
|
15.5
|
20.5
|
20.4
|
175.6
|
Average rainy days
(≥ 0.2 mm)
|
18.0
|
14.9
|
17.8
|
15.6
|
14.8
|
12.4
|
7.6
|
6.8
|
8.2
|
15.4
|
19.8
|
18.8
|
170.0
|
Average snowy days
(≥ 0.2 cm)
|
3.1
|
2.3
|
1.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
0.1
|
1.2
|
3.2
|
11.0
|
Average
relative humidity
(%)
(at 3pm)
|
81.5
|
71.1
|
65.5
|
59.6
|
57.8
|
57.0
|
52.7
|
52.1
|
56.2
|
68.5
|
78.4
|
83.2
|
65.3
|
Mean monthly
sunshine hours
|
56.8
|
88.6
|
133.1
|
179.0
|
224.4
|
226.1
|
288.8
|
280.0
|
213.9
|
131.9
|
67.0
|
50.8
|
1,940.2
|
Percent
possible sunshine
|
21.0
|
31.0
|
36.2
|
43.6
|
47.4
|
46.7
|
59.1
|
62.8
|
56.4
|
39.3
|
24.3
|
19.7
|
40.6
|
Source:
Environment Canada
[17]
[18]
[19]
[20]
[21]
[22]
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Transportation
[
edit
]
Nanaimo is served by two airports:
Nanaimo Airport
(YCD) with services to Vancouver (YVR), Toronto (YYZ), and Calgary (YYC) and
[
citation needed
]
Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome
(ZNA) with services to Vancouver Harbour (CXH), Vancouver Airport (YVR South Terminal), and Sechelt (YHS);
[
citation needed
]
.
Nanaimo also has three
BC Ferry
terminals located at
Departure Bay
,
Duke Point
, and
downtown
. The downtown terminal services
Gabriola Island
while Departure Bay and Duke Point service
Horseshoe Bay
and
Tsawwassen
respectively.
A private passenger ferry operates between Nanaimo Harbour and Protection Island. A seasonal passenger ferry operates between Swy-a-Lana Lagoon and Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine) Park.
[23]
Hullo
operates a passenger-only ferry service between downtown Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver.
Highways 1
,
19
, and
19A
traverse the city. Bus service in the city is provided by
Nanaimo Regional Transit
.
The
Island Rail Corridor
passes through Nanaimo and has a base of operations and yard in the downtown waterfront area.
The Nanaimo Port Authority operates the inner Harbour Basin marina providing mooring for smaller vessels and the W. E. Mills Landing and Marina providing mooring for larger vessels.
[24]
The Port Authority also operates two terminal facilities one at Assembly Wharf (near the downtown core) and the second at Duke Point for cargo operations. In 2011, the Authority completed the addition of a $22 million cruise ship terminal at Assembly Wharf capable of handling large cruise ships including providing
Canada Border Services Agency
clearance.
[25]
Demographics
[
edit
]
In the
2021 Census of Population
conducted by
Statistics Canada
, Nanaimo had a population of 99,863 living in 43,164 of its 45,138 total private dwellings, a change of
10.3% from its 2016 population of 90,504. With a land area of 90.45 km
2
(34.92 sq mi), it had a population density of
1,104.1/km
2
(2,859.5/sq mi) in 2021.
[26]
At the
census metropolitan area
(CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Nanaimo CMA had a population of
115,459
living in
49,348
of its
51,568
total private dwellings, a change of
10% from its 2016 population of
104,936
. With a land area of 1,279.28 km
2
(493.93 sq mi), it had a population density of
90.3/km
2
(233.8/sq mi) in 2021.
[27]
In 2016, the average age of a Nanaimoite is 45.5 years old, higher than the national median at 41.2.
In Nanaimo, there are 40,885 private dwellings, 39,165 which are occupied by usual residents (95.8% occupancy rate). The median value of these dwellings are $359,760, which is higher than the national median at $341,556. The average (after-tax) household income in Nanaimo is $48,469, lower than the national median at $54,089. The median individual income is $34,702, which is also lower than the national median ($38,977). The unemployment rate was 7.7%.
[28]
Ethnicity
[
edit
]
Panethnic
groups in the City of Nanaimo (2001?2021)
Panethnic
group
|
2021
[29]
|
2016
[30]
|
2011
[31]
|
2006
[32]
|
2001
[33]
|
Pop.
|
%
|
Pop.
|
%
|
Pop.
|
%
|
Pop.
|
%
|
Pop.
|
%
|
European
[b]
|
75,815
|
78.14%
|
72,560
|
82.78%
|
70,455
|
86.38%
|
67,275
|
86.66%
|
63,540
|
88.49%
|
Indigenous
|
7,905
|
8.15%
|
6,405
|
7.31%
|
5,115
|
6.27%
|
4,060
|
5.23%
|
3,380
|
4.71%
|
East Asian
[c]
|
4,220
|
4.35%
|
3,220
|
3.67%
|
2,200
|
2.7%
|
2,235
|
2.88%
|
1,615
|
2.25%
|
South Asian
|
3,095
|
3.19%
|
1,900
|
2.17%
|
1,525
|
1.87%
|
1,855
|
2.39%
|
1,265
|
1.76%
|
Southeast Asian
[d]
|
2,670
|
2.75%
|
1,715
|
1.96%
|
1,090
|
1.34%
|
1,210
|
1.56%
|
1,335
|
1.86%
|
African
|
1,180
|
1.22%
|
625
|
0.71%
|
400
|
0.49%
|
380
|
0.49%
|
220
|
0.31%
|
Middle Eastern
[e]
|
740
|
0.76%
|
445
|
0.51%
|
195
|
0.24%
|
145
|
0.19%
|
95
|
0.13%
|
Latin American
|
710
|
0.73%
|
465
|
0.53%
|
270
|
0.33%
|
150
|
0.19%
|
195
|
0.27%
|
Other
[f]
|
685
|
0.71%
|
320
|
0.37%
|
310
|
0.38%
|
310
|
0.4%
|
175
|
0.24%
|
Total responses
|
97,020
|
97.15%
|
87,650
|
96.85%
|
81,565
|
97.32%
|
77,630
|
98.65%
|
71,805
|
98.36%
|
Total population
|
99,863
|
100%
|
90,504
|
100%
|
83,810
|
100%
|
78,692
|
100%
|
73,000
|
100%
|
- Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Language
[
edit
]
Nanaimo's population is predominantly
Anglophone
. As of the 2016 census 86.7% of residents claimed English as their mother tongue. Other common first languages were Chinese Languages (2.0%), French (1.3%), German (1.2%) and Punjabi (1.0%).
[28]
Religion
[
edit
]
According to the
2021 census
, religious groups in Nanaimo included:
[29]
Economy
[
edit
]
The original economic driver was coal mining; however, the forestry industry supplanted it in the early 1960s with the building of the
MacMillan Bloedel
pulp mill at
Harmac
in 1958, named after
Harvey MacMillan
. Today the pulp mill is owned by the employees and local investors
[34]
and injects well over half a million dollars a day into the local economy.
[
citation needed
]
The largest employer is the provincial government. The service, retail and tourism industries are also big contributors to the local economy.
Technological development on Nanaimo has been growing with companies such as "Inuktun" and the establishment of government-funded
Innovation Island
as a site to help Nanaimo-based technological
start ups
by giving them access to tools, education and venture capital.
[35]
The average sale price of houses in Nanaimo for 2011 was approximately $350,000.
[36]
A recent surge of higher-density real estate development, centred in the Old City / Downtown area, as well as construction of a city-funded waterfront conference centre, has proven controversial. Proponents of these developments argue that they will bolster the city's economy, while critics worry that they will block waterfront views and increase traffic congestion. Concerns have also been raised about the waterfront conference centre's construction running over its proposed budget. Nanaimo has also been experiencing job growth in the technology sector.
[
citation needed
]
Media outlets
[
edit
]
Nanaimo is served by one newspaper: the
Nanaimo News Bulletin
(33,000 copies twice a week?audited), which is owned by
Black Press
.
The Harbour City Star
, also owned by publisher Black Press, was closed in 2016.
[37]
On 29 January 2016, the 141-year-old
Nanaimo Daily News
, shut down.
[38]
Nanaimo also hosts a bureau for
CIVI-DT
(
CTV 2
Victoria, cable channel 12) and a satellite office for
CHEK-DT
(
Independent
, cable channel 6).
Nanaimo is also served by the
Jim Pattison Group
's
CHWF-FM
(The Wolf) and
CKWV-FM
(The Wave), as well as
CHLY-FM
, an independent community
campus radio
station and
Vista Radio
's
CKAY-FM
(Coast FM).
CBC Radio One
is heard over
CBU
from Vancouver, with
CBU-FM
(
CBC Music
) and
CBCV-FM
available as
HD Radio
signals.
Politics
[
edit
]
Federal
[
edit
]
In the
House of Commons of Canada
, Nanaimo is represented by
Lisa Marie Barron
of the
NDP
, representing the
riding
of
Nanaimo?Ladysmith
since the
2021 election
. The city was split into two separate ridings,
Nanaimo?Cowichan
(
Jean Crowder
,
New Democratic Party
), which includes South Nanaimo and Cassidy, and
Nanaimo?Alberni
(
James Lunney
,
Independent
elected as a
Conservative
), which includes North Nanaimo and Lantzville, until the
2012 federal electoral redistribution
.
Provincial
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]
In the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
, Nanaimo is represented by the ridings of
Nanaimo
(
Sheila Malcolmson
,
BC NDP
),
Nanaimo-North Cowichan
(
Doug Routley
,
BC NDP
) and
Parksville-Qualicum
(
Adam Walker
,
BC NDP
).
Leonard Krog
resigned in 2018 to accept the position of Mayor of Nanaimo. In response, Sheila Malcolmson resigned from federal politics and successfully ran for the vacated position.
Civic
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]
The mayor of Nanaimo is currently
Leonard Krog
, who replaced
Bill Mackay
in 2018.
The most well-known mayor Nanaimo ever had was
Frank J. Ney
, who instigated Nanaimo's well-known bathtub races, which he regularly attended dressed as a pirate. There is a statue to commemorate Ney?dressed in his pirate costume?at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon, which is on the Nanaimo waterfront. Ney was also an MLA for the Social Credit party while he was also mayor.
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An elementary school has been named in his honour.
Mark Bate became Nanaimo's first mayor in 1875. He served an additional 15 one-year terms as mayor (1875?1879, 1881?1886, 1888?1889, and 1898?1900).
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Open government
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]
The city's planning department has steadily produced enough municipal data to warrant a
Time
magazine
article on
open-government
. Nanaimo has been dubbed "the capital of Google Earth".
[43]
Working directly with
Google
, the city fed it a wealth of information about its buildings, property lines, utilities and streets. The result is earth.nanaimo.ca, a wealth of city data viewed through the
Google Earth
3D mapping program.
[44]
Their Open Data Catalogue is available at data.nanaimo.ca.
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Education
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]
Nanaimo has over 30 elementary and secondary schools, most of which are public and are operated by
School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith
.
Aspengrove School
is a JrK-grade 12 Independent (private) school accredited as an
International Baccalaureate World School
and offers the IB Primary Years, IB Middle Years and IB Diploma programme and received a 10 out of 10 by the IB Organization (IBO) in 2011.
The
Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
operates two Francophone schools,
Ecole Oceane
primary school and the
Ecole secondaire de Nanaimo
.
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The main campus of
Vancouver Island University
is located in Nanaimo, which brings many international students, mostly East Asian, to the city.
The Pacific Biological Station
[
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]
The Pacific Biological Station, located on the north shore of Departure Bay, was established in 1908.
[46]
It is the oldest
fisheries
research centre on the
Pacific coast
. Operated by
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
, the station forms a network with eight other scientific facilities.
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Museums
[
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]
The Nanaimo Art Gallery is a public art museum located downtown at 150 Commercial Street. In addition to contemporary exhibitions by local, national and international artists, the Gallery operates Art Lab which offers year-round art-based programs for learners of all ages. The Gallery also holds a collection of artwork, operates The Gallery Store, which features work by local artists and artisans, and runs Artists in the Schools, a program that operates across three school districts.
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[
non-primary source needed
]
The
Nanaimo Museum
is a public historical museum located downtown on the traditional territory of the
Snuneymuxw First Nation
at 100 Museum Way.
The Vancouver Island Military Museum is a public military historical museum located at 100 Cameron Road.
Arts and culture
[
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]
The
Port Theatre
in downtown Nanaimo hosts many performers and shows during the year.
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The
Nanaimo bar
, which is a no-bake cookie bar with custard filling, is a Canadian dessert named after Nanaimo.
Nanaimo hosts the annual Nanaimo Marine Festival. Part of the festival includes the
bathtub race
. The race starts in the
Nanaimo Harbour
downtown, goes around
Entrance Island
, north-west to Winchelsea Islands by
Nanoose Bay
and finish in Departure Bay back in Nanaimo. Until the 1990s the race alternated between racing from Nanaimo to Vancouver and from Vancouver to Nanaimo.
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Sports and recreation
[
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]
- Nanaimo is home to the largest sports club on Vancouver Island, Nanaimo United Football Club. NUFC is home to over 1,700 members, and is one of the oldest sports clubs in Canada, having been formed in 1903.
- Nanaimo is home to North America's first legal, purpose-made
bungee jumping
bridge, operated by
WildPlay Element Parks
.
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- Nanaimo is home to the
Canadian Junior Football League
's
Vancouver Island Raiders
, who play at Caledonia Park.
- Nanaimo is home to the
British Columbia Hockey League
's
Nanaimo Clippers
and to the
Western Lacrosse Association
's
Nanaimo Timbermen
, both of which play at the
Frank Crane Arena
.
- Nanaimo is home to the
Nanaimo Buccaneers
of the
Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
, who play at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
- The
Nanaimo NightOwls
, of the
West Coast League
, play at Serauxmen Stadium.
- Football Nanaimo plays at Pioneer Park.
- Nanaimo is home to the Senior A lacrosse team the Timbermen of the Western Lacrosse Association. Nanaimo is also home to the Junior A Timbermen and Junior B Timbermen.
- Nanaimo is home to the Nanaimo Hornets Rugby Football Club, part of the British Columbia Rugby Union. Established in 1888 it is the second oldest rugby club in Western Canada. Their home ground and club is situated in Pioneer Park (since 1968).
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Notable people
[
edit
]
- Terry Beech
, politician
- Red Carr
, professional ice hockey player
- Gene Carr
, professional ice hockey player
- Justin Chatwin
, actor
- Glen Clark
, 31st
Premier of British Columbia
- Jimmy Claxton
, baseball pitcher who broke US baseball's racial colour barrier
- Raymond Collishaw
, Canadian World War I flying ace
- Allison Crowe
, singer-songwriter and pianist
- John DeSantis
, actor
- Michael Edgson
, swimmer
- Jodelle Ferland
, actress
- David Gogo
, blues guitarist
- Paul Gogo
, keyboardist for the rock band Trooper
- Christopher Hart
, actor and magician
- Al Hill
, ice hockey player and scout
- Bob Hindmarch
, professor and ice hockey coach
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- Constance Isherwood
, lawyer
- Ingrid Jensen
, jazz trumpeter
- Susan Juby
, author
- Ethan Katzberg
, athlete, 2023 Hammer throw world champion
- Diana Krall
, jazz pianist and vocalist
- Tim Lander
, poet
- Marc-Andre Leclerc
, alpinist
- Susan Morgan
, Oregon politician
- Callum Montgomery
, professional soccer player
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- Phil Olsen
, Olympian javelin
- Steve Smith
, professional downhill mountain biker
- Shane Sutcliffe
, boxer
- Kirsten Sweetland
, triathlete
- May Tully
, vaudeville actress, writer, director
- Lorna Vinden
, wheelchair athlete
- Layla Zoe
, blues and blues rock musician and songwriter
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Sister city
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]
Nanaimo has one sister city:
See also
[
edit
]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
Extreme high and low temperatures are from Nanaimo (January 1892 to February 1947) and
Nanaimo Airport
(March 1947 to present).
- ^
Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^
Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^
Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^
Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^
Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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[
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]
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