Notable Persons
- David Barbarash, North American press officer for the Animal Liberation Front from mid-1999 until late-2002
- Kim Cattrall, actress, lived in the city until she was 11 and then at 16, returned to finish high school
- Byron Dafoe, NHL goalie
- Brendan Fletcher, actor, attended Lake Trail Secondary School
- Taylor Green, baseball player, attended Mark R. Isfeld High School in and played high school baseball for the Parksville Royals of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League
- Carol Isfield, recipient of the Memorial Cross and Silver Cross Mother in 2000
- Olaf Kölzig, National Hockey League goalie
- Michael Linton, designer and operator of the first Local Exchange Trading Systems
- Brett McLean, NHL forward
- Henry McQuillan, Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Sue Medley, Canadian rock musician
- Simon Nessman, Canadian male model
- Sarah Neufeld, musician, member of Arcade Fire and The Luyas
- Onewaystreet, the predecessor to Schizophonic was composed of high school students from the area
- Lily Hoy Price, started writing after taking a creative-writing workshop at North Island College at the age of 70
- Ralph Lester Shaw, Order of Canada recipient for recognition of his efforts to preserve aquatic habitat
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