Location: Nanaimo is located on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada, in the province of British Columbia. Approx. 112 km north of Victoria and 55 km west of Vancouver, across the Straits of Georgia.
How Accessed: Visitors to Nanaimo can come via BC Ferries from either Horsehoe Bay or Twasssen. Also via air from Vancouver to the Nanaimo Airport located to the south of Nanaimo at Cassidy. Also many seaplane services leaving from the Nanaimo waterfront, going to Vancouver and Seattle. For more detail click here.
Weather: Nanaimo's climate in a word is 'Delightful'! Hot dry summers, and ever so slightly damp fall and winter months.Weather at Nanaimo airport is the official Environment Canada's recording site. For more detail click here.
Economy: Nanaimo's economy in a word..... 'diversified'. Consisting of fishing, forestry, tourism, retail and wholesale trade, construction, manufacturing, knowledge and technology based business.
Employment: Nanaimo's job market can only be described as HOT. Local employers are scrambling to find suitable people to fill the many Nanaimo jobs which are vacant. So if you are looking for a job in Nanaimo, you should have no difficulty in finding one.
Real Estate: Nanaimo real estate continues to be one hot commodity. Two local Nanaimo real estate companies of note are Nanaimo Realty and Remax Nanaimo. Contact information is available on the real estate scene page of Nanaimo-Info.com.
Home Values: Nanaimo home median price as of March 2009 Stats from VIREB $320,000 with an average price of $334,324.
