Sports
- Nanaimo is home to the Canadian Junior Football League's Vancouver Island Raiders, who play at Caledonia Park.
- Nanaimo is home to the British Columbia Hockey League's Nanaimo Clippers and to the Western Lacrosse Association's Nanaimo Timbermen, both of which play at the Frank Crane Arena.
- The Nanaimo Pirates, of the B.C. Premier Baseball League (BCPBL), play at Serauxmen Stadium.
- The Nanaimo United, of the Vancouver Island Soccer League (VISL), play at Mearle Logan Turf Field in Beban Park.
- The Nanaimo BMX Association, sanctioned by the ABA - American Bicycle Association races at Beban Park.
- The Nanaimo Hornets RFC home ground is at Pioneer Park.
- The city also is home to The Nanaimo Riptides Swim Team, That Practice at the Nanaimo Aquatic Center (NAC)
- The Nanaimo Rowing Club of Nanaimo practices on Long Lake
- There is also a synchronized swimming team The Nanaimo Diamonds
- The Nanaimo Track and Field club call the Rotary Bowl home.
- Football Nanaimo plays at Pioneer Park.
- The Harbour City Rollers women's flat track roller derby league, play at the Nanaimo Ice Centre (NIC)
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