Duncan, British Columbia

Duncan (pop. 4,944) is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

The city is about 45 kilometres from both Victoria to the south and Nanaimo to the north.

Although the City of Duncan has a population of just under 5,000, it serves the Cowichan Valley which has a population of approximately 84,000,[1] many of whom live in North Cowichan and Cowichan Tribes. This gives Duncan a much larger perceived “greater” population than that contained within the city limits. People in areas of North Cowichan and bordering on Duncan usually use “Duncan” as their mailing address.

Duncan has one seat on the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board. The name Cowichan is an Anglicization of Halkomelem Quw̓utsun̓, which means “the warm land”.