Counties of Vancouver Island

The Canadian province of Vancouver Island consists of nine counties, eight located on the mainland of the Island of Vancouver (after which the province is named) and including smaller nearby islands, and one consisting of the northern two-fifths of the Island of Vancouver as well as the distant Haida Gwaii archipelago (North Island and Queen Charlotte County).

The most populous municipality of each county serves as its administrative seat. Each county has its own county constabulary, which is responsible for policing at the county level and which contracts with all municipalities within the county to provide municipal policing services. County constabularies coordinate with each other when handling cross-county law enforcement matters, but provincial policing is technically under the jurisdiction of the Vancouver Island Provincial Police (VIPP) and the Vancouver Island Sheriff Service (VISS).

Counties

 * 1) Alberni County
 * 2) Comox Valley County
 * 3) Duncan County
 * 4) Esquimalt County
 * 5) Langford County
 * 6) Nanaimo County
 * 7) North Island & Queen Charlotte County
 * 8) Qualicum County
 * 9) Strathcona County