Nanaimo, British Columbia

Nanaimo is the Harbour City on the east coast of Vancouver Island, the island's second city and its ferry and transport hub, with BC Ferries terminals at Departure Bay and Duke Point and the Hullo passenger ferry to downtown Vancouver. The City of Nanaimo runs planning and building permits, business and dog licences, bylaw services, roads and snow clearing, its own water supply and treatment (the Jump Creek and South Fork reservoirs), sewers and storm drains, curbside garbage, recycling and food waste carts, Nanaimo Fire Rescue, emergency management, parks and trails, the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, Beban Park, Nanaimo Ice Centre, the cemeteries and the Nanaimo Museum with the Nanaimo Museum society. Policing is the Nanaimo RCMP detachment. The Regional District of Nanaimo runs the Regional Landfill and recycling programs, Nanaimo Regional Transit with BC Transit, regional parks and services for the rural areas; the library is the Vancouver Island Regional Library; health care is Island Health (Nanaimo Regional General Hospital); and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.