Vancouver Island: chart of major centres by population (2016 census)

Vancouver Island's major population centre and only metropolitan area is Greater Victoria. There are also six census agglomeration areas as defined by Statistics Canada, including Nanaimo which has a population over 100,000 and as of 2016 and is eligible to become a CMA. These metropolitan and agglomeration areas' populations in 2016 were as follows:

Reference 1: Population (2016 Census) [18].

Reference 2: Greater Victoria, Greater Nanaimo, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Campbell River, Oceanside (Parksville-Qualicum Beach) and Alberni Valley.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island