- Population of immediate city: 10,000.
- Population of surrounding area (excluding
Mill Bay & south): 30,000
- “City of Totems”
- Main business, services & shopping
centre for region
- Native Heritage Centre, Cowichan Valley
Museum
- Forest Discovery Centre, Fresh Water Eco-Centre
- Cowichan Capitals Junior Hockey, Cowichan
Pipers Fastpitch Club, Cowichan Rugby Club, Valley Fish & Game
Club, Cowichan Lawn Tennis
- Annual Island’s Folk Music Festival,
Cowichan Fringe Festival, Cowichan Symphony Series, Cowichan
Folk Guild
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- Movie theatre, concert theatre & playhouse
- Public elementary, middle & high schools
- French immersion kindergarten & elementary school
- Religious elementary, middle & high schools
- Alternative Waldorf, Steiner, Montessori schools
- Malaspina University-College, Duncan Campus
- 96 bed district hospital
- Float plane service to Vancouver
- Recreational airport
- 3 golf courses
- Ice & curling rinks
- Community website: www.city.duncan.bc.ca
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