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Comox, British Columbia

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The coastal town of Comox is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island (the Strait of Georgia).

Comox is 110 feet [33.53 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Comox lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Comox, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Comox had a population of 12,136 people<2>. This is an increase of 6.54% since the previous Census (with 11,391 people in 2001).

With 12,136 people, Comox represented 0.3% of the total population of British Columbia.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2006
Population
Change
Since 2001
 Blubber Bay   NE16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Buckley Bay   S10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Cumberland   SW5 mi [8.05 km]2,7624.9% increase
 Denman Island   SE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Fanny Bay   SE13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Headquarters   NW9 mi [14.48 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Comox.

Website for Comox

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for Comox, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Comox. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Official Website:   www.town.comox.bc.ca/
Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
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Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Comox:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Comox? Please visit the Map Page for Comox.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Comox - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Comox and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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