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Vancouver Island Basic Facts PDF Print E-mail

Vancouver Island is large island in British Columbia, Canada, off Canada's Pacific coast.
 It is approx 300 miles long and up to 50 miles wide.
 The largest island on the western side of North America at 32,134 square kilometres
(12,407 square miles (32,134 km²)).

  •  It is the world's 43rd largest island

 Canada's 11th largest island and Canada's second most
 populous island after the Island of Montreal, which has 1.3 million more people.
 The island is named in honour of George Vancouver,
 the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific coast of North America between 1791 and 1794.

British Columbia statistics in 2004 estimated the population at 734,860. Fewer than half of
these (331,491) live in Greater Victoria. Other major cities on Vancouver Island include Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Parksville, Courtenay, and
Campbell River.

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