15 Facts About Nanaimo

Nanaimo is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

Nanaimo is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway, the Island Rail Corridor, the BC Ferries system, and a local airport.

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.

Nanaimo has three BC Ferry terminals located at Departure Bay, Duke Point, and downtown.

Island Rail Corridor passes through Nanaimo and has a base of operations and yard in the downtown waterfront area.

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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.

Nanaimo has been experiencing job growth in the technology sector.

Nanaimo is served by one newspaper: the Nanaimo News Bulletin, which is owned by Black Press.

Nanaimo is served by the Jim Pattison Group's CHWF-FM and CKWV-FM, as well as CHLY-FM, an independent community campus radio station and Vista Radio's CKAY-FM .

Mayor of Nanaimo is currently Leonard Krog, who replaced Bill Mackay in 2018.

Nanaimo has over 30 elementary and secondary schools, most of which are public and are operated by School District 68 Nanaimo-Ladysmith.

Main campus of Vancouver Island University is located in Nanaimo, which brings many international students, mostly East Asian, to the city.

Nanaimo Art Gallery is a public art museum located downtown at 150 Commercial Street.

Nanaimo Museum is a public historical museum located downtown on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation at 100 Museum Way.

Nanaimo bar, which is a no-bake cookie bar with custard filling, is a Canadian dessert named after Nanaimo.