Qualicum Beach

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Qualicum Beach

Total population

8,687

Coordinates49.35°, -124.44°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Qualicum Beach is a town located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. In the 2021 census, it had a population of 9,303. It is situated at the foot of Mount Arrowsmith, along the Salish Sea on Vancouver Island's northeastern coast.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Meadowood
  5.2 mi away
• Dunsmuir
  8 mi away · pop. 1,271
• Qualicum Bay
  8.1 mi away · pop. 334
• Lasqueti
  10.8 mi away · pop. 399
• Nanoose Bay
  12.5 mi away · pop. 5,471
• Mud Bay
  17.4 mi away · pop. 147
• Bainbridge
  18.4 mi away
• Buckley Bay
  21.9 mi away · pop. 204
• Gillies Bay
  22.9 mi away
• Buccaneer Bay
  22.9 mi away
• Madeira Park
  26.9 mi away
• Garden Bay
  27.2 mi away

Browse all places in British Columbia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Qualicum Beach

Vanishing British Columbia

Michael Kluckner · 2005

Secret beaches of Central Vancouver Island

Theo Dombrowski · 2011

Voices from the dorms

Jill E. Oakes · 2010

In Veronica's garden

Margaret Cadwaladr · 2002

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 145 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 164 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 178 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 195 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 203 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

vanilla leaf

Achlys triphylla

Seen 2026-09-24

Black Slug

Arion ater

Seen 2026-09-24

western skunk cabbage

Lysichiton americanus

Seen 2026-09-24

salal

Gaultheria shallon

Seen 2026-09-24

thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus

Seen 2026-09-24

Bogbean

Menyanthes trifoliata

Seen 2026-09-24

Douglas-fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Seen 2026-09-24

western sword fern

Polystichum munitum

Seen 2026-09-24

Eccentric Sand Dollar

Dendraster excentricus

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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