| Statistic | Chase River | Nanaimo | British Columbia |
| Population | 2,900 | 101,513 | 5,149,422 |
| Population density (sq km) | 671 | 1,066 | 5 |
| Median age | 44.1 | 45.0 | 42.3 |
| Male/Female ratio | 1.0:1 | 1.0:1 | 1.0:1 |
| Married couples | 67% | 65% | 71% |
| Families w/ kids at home | 33% | 33% | 41% |
| Speak English only | 96.0% | 92.7% | 89.7% |
| Speak French only | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Data | Percent |
| South Asian | 2.0% |
| Chinese | 1.4% |
| Japanese | 0.5% |
| Black | 0.4% |
| Southeast Asian | 0.4% |
| Data | Percent |
| United Kingdom | 4.3% |
| United States | 0.9% |
| Philippines | 0.9% |
| Germany | 0.7% |
| India | 0.7% |