Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia
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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 Regional District of Comox-Strathcona. Its administration offices are located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. During the 2001 census, its population was established at 127,016.
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 municipalities 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.
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Subdivisions of British Columbia|
Alberni-Clayoquot · Bulkley-Nechako · Capital · Cariboo · Central Coast · Central Kootenay · Central Okanagan · Columbia-Shuswap · Comox-Strathcona · Cowichan Valley · East Kootenay · Fraser Valley · Fraser-Fort George · Greater Vancouver · Kitimat-Stikine · Kootenay Boundary · Mount Waddington · Nanaimo · North Okanagan · Northern Rockies · Okanagan-Similkameen · Peace River · Powell River · Skeena-Queen Charlotte · Squamish-Lillooet · Stikine · Sunshine Coast · Thompson-Nicola |
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Principal urban centres |
Abbotsford · Kamloops · Kelowna · Nanaimo · Prince George · Vancouver · Victoria |
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Large suburban communities |
Burnaby · Coquitlam · Delta · Langley Township · North Vancouver District · Richmond · Saanich · Surrey |
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Other major centres |
Campbell River · Chilliwack · Courtenay · Cranbrook · Fort St. John · Penticton · Port Alberni · Salmon Arm · Vernon |
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Largest and smallest census divisions of Canada
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| Alberta | Division No. 17 | 192,055.15 | Division No. 8 | 9,908.36 | Div. No. 6 (Calgary) | 1,021,060 | Division No. 4 | 11,300 | ||||
| British Columbia | Stikine Region | 132,496.21 | Nanaimo | 2,034.94 | Gtr. Vancouver | 1,986,965 | Stikine Region | 1,316 | ||||
| Manitoba | Division No. 23 | 242,016.21 | Division No. 11 | 572.12 | Division No. 11 | 621,451 | Division No. 23 | 8,989 | ||||
| New Brunswick | North'land Cnty. | 12,112.44 | St. John Cnty. | 1,462.43 | Westmorland Cnty. | 124,688 | Queens County | 11,862 | ||||
| Newf'land & Labrador | Division No. 10 | 269,073.30 | Division No. 2 | 6,099.04 | Division No. 1 | 242,875 | Division No. 3 | 19,370 | ||||
| Northwest Territories | Fort Smith Rgn. | 618,360.38 | Inuvik Region | 522,747.99 | Fort Smith Rgn. | 28,824 | Inuvik Region | 8,536 | ||||
| Nova Scotia | Halifax Reg. Mun. | 5,495.54 | Richmond Cnty. | 1,244.28 | Halifax Reg. Mun. | 359,183 | Victoria County | 7,962 | ||||
| Nunavut | Baffin Region | 1,023,570.49 | Keewatin Rgn. | 444,680.40 | Baffin Region | 14,372 | Kitikmeot Rgn. | 4,816 | ||||
| Ontario | Kenora District | 407,167.33 | Toronto Div. | 629.91 | Toronto Div. | 2,481,494 | Manitoulin Dist. | 12,679 | ||||
| Prince Edward Island | Queens County | 2,020.17 | Kings County | 1,684.35 | Queens County | 71,619 | Kings County | 19,180 | ||||
| Quebec | Nord-du-Québec | 747,719.86 | Laval | 247.07 | Montreal | 1,812,723 | L'Île-d'Orléans | 6,779 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Division No. 18 | 268,498.80 | Division No. 10 | 12,223.73 | Division No. 11 | 237,629 | Division No. 4 | 11,714 | ||||
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