Nanaimo

Nanaimo (IPA: /nəˈnaɪmoʊ/ ) is the second-most populous city of the Canadian province of Vancouver Island, located on the east coast of the namesake main island, directly across the Strait of Georgia from the Lower Mainland in the province of British Columbia. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 277,504. It is known as "The Harbour City". The city was previously known as the "Hub City", which has been attributed to its original layout design where the streets radiated out from the shoreline like the spokes of a wagon wheel, as well as its generally centralized location on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo is also the county seat of Nanaimo County, the second-most populous of the ten counties of Vancouver Island.