Nanaimo | |
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| City of Nanaimo | |
 Nanaimo in 2005, from the Strait of Georgia | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): Hub City, The Harbour City | |
  Nanaimo Location of Nanaimo in British Columbia  Nanaimo Nanaimo (British Columbia) | |
| Coordinates: 49°09′51″N 123°56′11″W / 49.16417°N 123.93639°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Nanaimo Regional |
| Incorporated | 1874[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Elected city council |
| • Mayor | Leonard Krog |
| • Governing body | Nanaimo City Council |
| • MPs | Lisa Marie Barron (NDP) |
| • MLAs | Sheila Malcolmson (BC NDP) Doug Routley (BC NDP) Adam Walker (BC NDP) |
| Area | |
| • City | 91.30 km2 (35.25 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,280.84 km2 (494.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • City | 99,863[1] (ranked 57th) |
| • Density | 1,104.1/km2 (2,860/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 96,415[3] |
| • Metro | 115,459 (ranked 35th)[1] |
| • Metro density | 76.5/km2 (198/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nanaimoite |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
| Website | nanaimo |
Nanaimo (/nəˈnaɪmoʊ/ nə-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.
- ^ a b "Census shows Nanaimo is one of Canada's fastest-growing metropolitan areas". Nanaimo News Bulletin. 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Nanaimo Municipal Hall". City of Nanaimo. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
- ^ "Nanaimo, British Columbia [Population centre]". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Peterson, Jan (2003). Hub City: Nanaimo, 1886–1920. Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing Company. ISBN 9781894384667. Retrieved 2 September 2017. P. 45
- ^ "Nanaimo's Historical Development" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.