Comox
| Coordinates | 49°41′22″N 124°59′45″W |
| Country | British Columbia |
| District | Comox Valley Regional District |
| Population |
40,903 |
| Postal code area | CX |
| Postal code district | CX1 |
| Suburbs | DFJB Comox (CX2) Balmoral Beach (CX3) Kw′umuxws (CX1) Lazo (CX4) Little River (CX5) Port Augusta (CX6) |
Comox is a city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, located within the Comox Valley Regional District. Together with the adjacent city of Courtenay, it forms the Greater Comox conurbation, of which the total population is 83,011.
Kw′umuxws is a non-continguous exclave of the Naut′sa mawt Nation Indigenous Administrative District. As such, although it is an effectively indistinguishable (other than street signs, etc) suburb of the city, it is not administratively part of it.
Commerce
Transportation
Air
Greater Comox is served by Comox Airport (IATA: XCX, ICAO: BCCX), co-located with the airbase. Air BC, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Pacific Western Airlines, and Vancouver Island Air offer scheduled domestic flights to Vancouver, Bella Bella, and Nanaimo; an RBCN public service exists to Esquimalt, Victoria, whilst there are RBCAF public services to Kelowna, Dease Lake, Fort Nelson, and a route service to Prince George via several small settlements along the way. WestJet of Canada provide international flights to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.
Rail
The only railway station in the city of Comox is the freight-only station on the airbase; passenger service is available from Courtenay Station on BC Rail's Central Coast Line.
Road
The Little River Highway (BC Highway 101) runs through Comox to the BC Ferries terminal in Little River, which connects to the continuation of Highway 101 on the mainland at Tisquit.
Bus service is provided by the Comox Valley Transit System.
Sport
Football
Comox Rovers FC are the city's representative in football, playing at the Snowberry Road stadium (capacity: 7,012). Presently playing in the Southwest Football Championship Division One, they played in Division Three of the BC Football League from 1939 through 1949, in 1976, in 2003, and in 2017. Their only honours are Southwest Championship title wins in 1938, 1975, and 2016. The Rovers' greatest BC FA Cup success came in 1940, when as a member of Division Three they reached the Quarter-Finals, where they were disappointingly defeated at home by Division One side Cranbrook North Side by a score of 0:4.
Hockey
The Comox Jets of the BC Hockey League play at Glacier Park Arena, which has a capacity of 7,240.
Rugby
Comox Valley RFC, presently competing in the BCRU Second Division, play at Harmston Park in neighbouring Courtenay as the representative of both cities.
Military
DFJB Comox, shared by the Royal BC Air Force, Royal BC Navy, and Royal BC Marines, is the main military airbase in BC; it is the headquarters of the RBCAF, and of the RBCN Fleet Air Arm and of Marine aviation.