British Columbia
Archive of hometown notes from Duncan: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How Duncan sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Duncan follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Duncan in national context first.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
December 2023 in Duncan: Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Duncan compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Duncan's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Duncan is small on the map and large in the Cowichan Region's daily errands. City copy calls it the economic hub for healthcare, retail,
Totems Tour still orients Duncan. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Duncan.
Residential mill rates for Duncan appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Duncan beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park comes up. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
City Square still orients Duncan. Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Duncan sits inside the Cowichan Valley Regional District alongside North Cowichan, Ladysmith, and Lake Cowichan.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and
November 2023 in Duncan: Totems Tour. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Duncan sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in Duncan shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Duncan permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park still orients Duncan. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
City Square is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
October 2023 in Duncan: City Square. Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Duncan sits inside the Cowichan Valley Regional District alongside North Cowichan, Ladysmith, and Lake Cowichan.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Totems Tour comes up. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Duncan.
Residential mill rates for Duncan appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Duncan beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
History pages place Duncan on the traditional lands of the Cowichan First Nation, and Tourism Cowichan frames the wider valley as Quw’utsun
September 2023 in Duncan: Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Duncan draws municipal drinking water from Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells), treated at Duncan municipal well system / chlorination.
Ask where Duncan drinking water begins and the answer is Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells), then Duncan municipal well system / chlorination. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Four deep wells and two reservoirs near the Cowichan River; aquifer recharged by river and watershed filtration through pervious soils.
See the Duncan water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Totems Tour still orients Duncan. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Duncan.
Duncan appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park comes up. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Duncan.
Broadband rows for Duncan come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Duncan internet page.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and
August 2023 in Duncan: Totems Tour. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Duncan sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Duncan follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Duncan in national context first.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park still orients Duncan. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Duncan compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Duncan's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Totems Tour comes up. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Duncan.
Residential mill rates for Duncan appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Duncan beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
July 2023 in Duncan: Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and City Square comes up. Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and
Totems Tour still orients Duncan. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Duncan sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in Duncan shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Duncan permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park comes up. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
City Square is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
City Square still orients Duncan. Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Duncan sits inside the Cowichan Valley Regional District alongside North Cowichan, Ladysmith, and Lake Cowichan.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
History pages place Duncan on the traditional lands of the Cowichan First Nation, and Tourism Cowichan frames the wider valley as Quw’utsun
May 2023 in Duncan: Totems Tour. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Duncan.
Residential mill rates for Duncan appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Duncan beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Duncan is small on the map and large in the Cowichan Region's daily errands. City copy calls it the economic hub for healthcare, retail,
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park still orients Duncan. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Duncan draws municipal drinking water from Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells), treated at Duncan municipal well system / chlorination.
May 2023 is a good week to revisit Duncan's source: Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells). Treatment at Duncan municipal well system / chlorination sits between the intake and the tap.
Four deep wells and two reservoirs near the Cowichan River; aquifer recharged by river and watershed filtration through pervious soils.
See the Duncan water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Totems Tour comes up. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Duncan.
Duncan appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
April 2023 in Duncan: Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Duncan.
Broadband rows for Duncan come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Duncan internet page.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and
Totems Tour still orients Duncan. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Duncan sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Duncan follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Duncan in national context first.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park comes up. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Duncan compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Duncan's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
History pages place Duncan on the traditional lands of the Cowichan First Nation, and Tourism Cowichan frames the wider valley as Quw’utsun
February 2023 in Duncan: Totems Tour. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Duncan.
Residential mill rates for Duncan appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Duncan beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park still orients Duncan. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
February 2023 in Duncan: City Square. Downtown gathering block the city ties to revitalization and the daily cultural traffic of the core.
Duncan sits inside the Cowichan Valley Regional District alongside North Cowichan, Ladysmith, and Lake Cowichan.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and
Walk or drive through Duncan long enough and Totems Tour comes up. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
Downtown is where the identity sticks. Heritage and vintage storefronts face a busy City Square, and the Totems Tour sends visitors along yellow footprints past more than forty poles, with interpretive signs and a stop by the Cowichan Valley Museum. Locals treat City of Totems as ordinary speech, not brochure fluff. Canada Avenue carries both shopping traffic and construction notices, while parks like Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park, McAdam Park, Rotary Park, and Friendship Square give the core room to breathe between Station Street and the residential edges.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Duncan sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for Duncan comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Duncan permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park is a reason people stay fond of Duncan.
January 2023 in Duncan: Charles Hoey V.C. Memorial Park. Canada Avenue park stop in the municipal parks list, useful when someone says they are meeting downtown.
OpenStats City Score places Duncan at rank 10 among 125 communities in the 2026 composite set.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Duncan draws municipal drinking water from Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells), treated at Duncan municipal well system / chlorination.
Ask where Duncan drinking water begins and the answer is Cowichan River sub-river / unconfined aquifer (four deep wells), then Duncan municipal well system / chlorination. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Four deep wells and two reservoirs near the Cowichan River; aquifer recharged by river and watershed filtration through pervious soils.
See the Duncan water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Duncan is small on the map and large in the Cowichan Region's daily errands. City copy calls it the economic hub for healthcare, retail,
Totems Tour still orients Duncan. Self-guided walk marked by yellow footprints, with carver stories on signage and a route past the Cowichan Valley Museum.
The city describes itself as the Cowichan Region hub for healthcare, retail, and cultural tourism tied to fishing, farming, forestry, and visitor traffic.
More on Duncan: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.