440 Test

Area	Population
Electoral Area	2001	2006	2011	2016	2001-2006 % change	2006-2011 % change	2011-2016 % change
A	6,423	6,751	6,908	7,058	5.1%	2.3%	2.2%
B	3,522	4,050	4,045	4,033	15.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%
C ^a	1,932	2,508	2,834	2,808	29.8%	13.0%	-0.9%
E	4,820	5,462	5,674	6,125	13.3%	3.9%	7.9%
F	5,546	6,680	7,422	7,724	20.4%	11.1%	4.1%
G ^b	6,113	7,023	7,158	7,465	14.9%	1.9%	4.3%
H	3,108	3,474	3,509	3,884	11.8%	1.0%	10.7%
Electoral Area Total	31,464	35,948	37,550	39,097	14.3%	4.5%	4.1%

Area	Population
Municipalities	2001	2006	2011	2016	2001-2006 % change	2006-2011 % change	2011-2016 % change
Nanaimo	73,000	78,692	83,810	90,504	7.8%	6.5%	8.0%
Parksville	10,323	10,993	11,977	12,514	6.5%	9.0%	4.5%
Lantzville ^a	3,653	3,661	3,601	3,605	0.2%	-1.6%	0.1%
Qualicum Beach ^b	7,849	8,502	8,687	8,943	8.3%	2.2%	2.9%
Municipalities Total	94,825	101,848	108,075	115,566	7.4%	6.1%	6.9%

Area	Population
First Nation Reserves	2001	2006	2011	2016	2001-2006 % change	2006-2011 % change	2011-2016 % change
Snuyneymuxw 1	238	279	377	360	17.2%	35.1%	-4.5%
Snuyneymuxw 2	20	21	26	20	5.0%	23.8%	-23.1%
Snuyneymuxw 3	33	50	81	92	51.5%	62.0%	13.6%
Snuyneymuxw 4	158	208	180	259	31.6%	-13.5%	43.9%
Nanoose	207	191	204	230	-7.7%	6.8%	12.7%
Qualicum	71	86	81	74	21.1%	-5.8%	-8.6%
First Nations Total	727	835	949	1,035	14.9%	13.7%	9.1%

	2001	2006	2011	2016	2001-2006 % change	2006-2011 % change	2011-2016 % change
Total RDN Population ^c	127,016	138,631	146,574	155,698	9.1%	5.7%	6.2%

Source: Statistics Canada, www.statcan.gc.ca (2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 Canadian Census)

The 2001 population is adjusted to reflect that Area D was incorporated into Area C and Lantzville
The 2001 population is adjusted to take into account boundary changes between the 2001 and 2006 Censuses
Note: that Urban Futures 2007 calculated the 2006 regional population to be 144,317 - this was used as the starting point for growth projections calculated for the 2011 Regional Growth Strategy.