Lantzville
Lantzville is a coastal community on the east side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, along the western shore of the Strait of Georgia and immediately north of Nanaimo.
The District of Lantzville was incorporated on June 25, 2003. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,807. The district is almost completely residential, with some commercial buildings on Lantzville Road.
The area is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway and the Island Rail Corridor.
History
Lantzville was originally a mining town founded by J.J. Grant, a mining promoter who started digging for coal in 1916. The mine was later bought by Fraser Harry Lantz. Lantz was born in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, in 1868, but soon left to make his fortune in Western Canada.As the mine grew, the town took on Lantz's name, and in honour of its history as a coal mining area, Lantzville annually celebrates Minetown Day, which is a community fair. According to Lantzville: The First Hundred Years, the first European settler in the area was an English coal miner named Emanuel Wiles, also known as Robert Emanuel or Bob. Lantzville is a tourist destination with a number of well-located bed and breakfast operations.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lantzville had a population of 3,817 living in 1,520 of its 1,568 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,605. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.Ethnicity
Religion
According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Lantzville included:- Irreligion
- Christianity
- Buddhism
- Other
Education
Grades 8 - 12 are schooled in Nanaimo at Dover Bay Secondary School.
Notable residents
- John Wilson
- Dylan Ferguson
- Callum Montgomery