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the Gulf Islands and other surrounding areas.This information based on 1996 Census information, produced by
Statistics Canada.
- City of Nanaimo Land Area: 88.19 sq. kilometers (4.3% of region)
(56.4% of pop.)
- Regional District of Nanaimo Land Area: 2041.32 sq. kilometers
- Population (1996): 70,130 (city), 121,783 (region)
- Total Households in 1991: 23,730
- Average Personal Income in 1994: $28,230
- Average Household Income in 1990: $41,468
- Locally owned and operated business account for 83.3% of total
local businesses.
- Home-based businesses account for more than one third of total
business licenses issued.
- Home-based businesses contribute about $80 million to the local
economy.
- The Nanaimo area has 126 RCMP officers.
- There are eight fire stations, with 55 full-time and 125 paid
on-call firefighters.
- Nanaimo has over 100 parks, 4 public beaches, 3 swimming pools,
3 indoor ice rinks and 3 golf courses.
- Nanaimo has 2 public libraries with "inter-branch request
services" and access to over 1,000,000 books and other information
materials.
- The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) has 436 beds and
approximately 225 doctors (in area).
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