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More home for your money, a calmer pace, and the city still just a ferry away. Here is what the move across the strait really looks like.
Download all six Lower Mainland to the Island guides
Built for people moving from Vancouver, the North Shore, Surrey, the Tri-Cities, and the Fraser Valley. The Lower Mainland guide covers what your budget buys here, why staying in BC keeps the move simple, the ferry and commute reality, and where mainland folks settle. The five with it cover the Island itself and working from here.
Inside the Lower Mainland guide:
- The money, plainly: what your Greater Vancouver or Fraser Valley budget actually buys across the strait, with detached benchmark prices side by side
- Why staying in BC keeps it simple: no MSP wait, no new ICBC or licence, no new tax, just an address change
- The crossing and the commute: BC Ferries, the Hullo passenger ferry, the seaplanes, and what a realistic commute looks like
- Where mainland movers tend to land: Nanaimo and Departure Bay for ferry access, Ladysmith and Chemainus for value, the Cowichan, Parksville and Qualicum, and Port Alberni
- What nobody tells you: where the real value is, how life bends to the ferry, the Malahat, and the family-doctor wait
Lower Mainland to the Island (PDF)
Equity & Cost of Living (PDF)
Health Care Guide (PDF)
Neighbourhood Guide (PDF)
Nanaimo 90-Day Checklist (PDF)
Remote Workers Island Guide (PDF)
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