Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the smallest city by area (0.8 square miles; 2.07 km2) in the nation.
Geography[]
The city is about 50 kilometers from both Victoria to the south and Nanaimo to the north.
Although the City of Duncan has a population of nearly 10,600 people, it serves the Cowichan Valley which has a population of approximately 160,000, many of whom live in North Cowichan contiguous with Duncan. This gives Duncan a much larger "greater" population than that contained within the city limits. People in areas of North Cowichan bordering on Duncan usually use "Duncan" as their mailing city.
Duncan is the seat of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. The name "Cowichan" is an anglicization of Halkomelem Quw'utsun', which means "the warm land".
According to the Köppen climate classification, Duncan has an oceanic climate (Köppen Csb).