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| Established | 2005 |
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| Based in | Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Home stadium | NDSS Field |
| Head coach | Shawn Arabsky |
| General manager | Doug Avender |
| League | Canadian Junior Football League |
| Division | B.C. Football Conference |
| Colours | Red, white, and black |
| League titles | 3 (2006, 2008, 2009) |
| Division titles | 8 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017) |
The Vancouver Island Raiders are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The Raiders play in the seven-team B.C. Football Conference; which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl.
After a failed move of the Victoria Rebels to Nanaimo in late 2004, the V.I. Raiders were founded in 2005 - and won the CJFL National Championship in 2006, 2008, and 2009 - winning to date 3 out of their 5 Canadian Bowl games. The Raiders won consecutive BCFC titles from 2006 to 2011 and won two more championships in 2013 and 2017.
Andrew Harris, a four-time Grey Cup champion and the fifth all-time Canadian Football League rushing leader, played for the Raiders from 2006 to 2009, contributing greatly to the success of the program. Harris re-joined the Raiders in 2024 as the team's director of football operations.