Town Of Qualicum Beach

The Town of Qualicum Beach is located within a large geographic retail and service trade area that spans from about Nanaimo on the south to Courtenay on the north and inland to Port Alberni. The dominant urban centres within this regional trade area are Nanaimo and Courtenay, which offer a wide selection of major retail and service chains, department stores, big box retailers, warehouse retailers, and restaurants/entertainment. In addition to the 8, 700 residents of Qualicum Beach, Qualicum Beach provides local commercial services for people who live in very nearby residential areas including Deep Bay, Bowser, Dunsmuir, and Errington. These areas have an estimated population of about 6, 400, meaning that Qualicum Beach has a total local trade area population of about 15, 000 people. (BC Stats, 2008).Each year Qualicum Beach welcomes thousands of visitors from around the globe. They come for business and pleasure, to meet our people, to partake in special events, to see firsthand this remarkable Town - clean, green and growing - on the shores of the Strait of Georgia.