Vancouver Island, BC

Vancouver Island, BC: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.

island · population 870,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07

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Vancouver Island at a glance

Rolled up from the 16 regions inside Vancouver Island on this site.

Population870,000
registry estimate
Places inside16
11 with a full /local page
Businesses on file25,440
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered64
in the company directory
Who represents them15
places with a /politics page
Property & employers8 · 3
/property and /employers records
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Largest employers headquartered in Vancouver Island

Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.

  1. 1.Certn Victoria, BC · Information — background-screening software (SaaS) ↗400 worldwide
  2. 2.StarFish Medical Victoria, BC · Professional services — medical device design and contract manufacturing ↗230 worldwide
  3. 3.Niricson Victoria, BC · Information — AI infrastructure-inspection software and robotics ↗50 worldwide
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Largest places in Vancouver Island

By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.

  1. 1.Victoria, BC full102,856
  2. 2.Nanaimo, BC full99,863
  3. 3.Courtenay (Comox Valley), Vancouver Island, BC full46,000
  4. 4.Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC full38,000
  5. 5.Parksville, BC full28,922
  6. 6.Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, BC full19,685
  7. 7.Sidney, BC full13,288
  8. 8.Ladysmith, Vancouver Island10,000
  9. 9.Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, BC full9,303
  10. 10.Duncan, BC full5,047
  11. 11.Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, BC3,902
  12. 12.Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC2,516
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Inside Vancouver Island

14 regions have Vancouver Island as their parent.

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Companies based in Vancouver Island

7 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 64 across Vancouver Island and the places inside it — search them all below.

CompanyIndustryFounded
Black Creek CannabisCannabis
Broken Coast CannabisAgribusiness
Fairway MarketRetail1963
Foglifter CoffeeBeverage1978
Island Health
Rewild HomesConstruction
Vancouver Island Tiny HomesConstruction

areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Vancouver Island, BC are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.