Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in
British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...
. It is usually defined as the thirteen
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
Capital Regional District
The Capital Regional District (CRD) is a local government administrative district encompassing the southern tip of Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The CRD is one of several regional d ...
(CRD) on Vancouver Island as well as some adjacent areas and nearby islands.
The Capital Regional District administers some aspects of public administration for the whole metro region; other aspects are administered by the individual member municipalities of Greater Victoria. Roughly, Greater Victoria consists of all land and nearby islands east of a line drawn from the southern end of
Finlayson Arm to the eastern shore of
Sooke Harbour
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke ...
, along with some lands on the northern shore of Sooke Harbour.
Many places, buildings, and institutions associated with Victoria such as the
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...
,
Victoria International Airport
Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula, with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich, and a small portion of the ...
, and the
Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal
The Swartz Bay ferry terminal is a major transportation facility at Swartz Bay in North Saanich, British Columbia. It is located north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The terminal is part of the BC Ferries system, as well as part of Highway ...
, are outside the
City of Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychell ...
itself, which has an area of just on the southern tip of Greater Victoria. Victoria is the locality indicated in the mailing addresses of several CRD municipalities and localities adjacent to Victoria. The
central city
In urban planning, a core city, principal city metropolitan core, or central city, is the largest or most important city or cities of a metropolitan area. A core city is surrounded by smaller satellite cities, towns, and suburbs. A central city i ...
of Victoria lends its name and cultural influence to many places and organizations in the metro region.
Municipalities
There are 13 cities, towns, and district municipalities in Greater Victoria.
;"Core" municipalities
* The City of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
, the adjacent District Municipalities of
Saanich,
Esquimalt
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esqui ...
and
Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
, and the town of
View Royal
View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 10,858 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike a ...
.
;
West Shore
* The cities of
Colwood and
Langford and the District Municipalities of
Highlands
Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau.
Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:
Places Albania
* Dukagjin Highlands
Armenia
* Armenian Highlands
Australia
* So ...
,
Metchosin
The District of Metchosin is a municipality and community in Greater Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a coastal community adjacent to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Metchosin is part of the Wester ...
, and
Sooke
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke B ...
, which lie generally west of
Esquimalt Harbour
Esquimalt Harbour is a natural harbour in Greater Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The entrance to Esquimalt Harbour is from the south off the Strait of Juan de Fuca through a narrow channel known as Ro ...
and
Portage Inlet.
;
Saanich Peninsula
Saanich Peninsula ( str, W̱SÁNEĆ) is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Saanich Inlet on the west, Satellite Channel on the north, the small Colburne Passage on the northeast, and Haro Strait on the east. The ...
* The District Municipalities of
Central Saanich,
North Saanich, parts of
Saanich, and the town of
Sidney, which lie to the north of Victoria.
This breakdown is roughly mirrored by the three school districts in Greater Victoria.
*
Greater Victoria School District #61 - (the core municipalities)
*
Sooke School District #62 - (the
Western Communities
The Western Communities, also called the West Shore (e.g.West Shore RCMP or Westshore (e.gWestshore Town Centre, is the suburban municipalities of Colwood, Langford, Metchosin and The Highlands, Langford and unincorporated districts west of ...
)
*
Saanich School District #63 - (the
Saanich Peninsula
Saanich Peninsula ( str, W̱SÁNEĆ) is located north of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Saanich Inlet on the west, Satellite Channel on the north, the small Colburne Passage on the northeast, and Haro Strait on the east. The ...
)
Greater Victoria is the southernmost urban area in
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada– ...
; it is located south of the
49th parallel.
Neighbourhoods
This list is similar to, but not identical with, that used by the Greater Victoria real estate sales industry. Neighbourhoods with official status are italicized. Others may have no official definition, hence other lists of neighbourhoods in the Victoria area may differ. Other sources may give different boundaries as well.
*
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
** ''Burnside-Gorge''
***
''Rock Bay''
** ''
Downtown
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''
***
Chinatown
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** ''
Fairfield-Gonzales''
*** Cook Street Village
*** Humboldt Valley
*** ''Gonzales''
** ''
Fernwood''
** ''Harris Green''
** ''Hillside-Quadra''
***''Blanshard''
***''Quadra Village''
*** Mayfair
** ''
James Bay
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''
** ''Jubilee''
*** ''North Jubilee''
*** ''South Jubilee''
** ''North Park''
** ''Oaklands''
** ''
Rockland''
** ''
Victoria West
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''
*
Saanich
** ''Blenkinsop''
** ''
Cadboro Bay Cadboro Bay is a bay near the southern tip of Vancouver Island and its adjacent neighbourhood in the municipalities of Saanich and Oak Bay in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Cadboro Bay was the site of Sungayka, a village of the Songhe ...
''
*** Queenswood
***
Ten Mile Point
** ''Carey''
*** Glanford
*** Marigold
** ''Cordova Bay''
** ''
Gordon Head''
*** Arbutus
***
Mt. Douglas
** ''North Quadra''
** ''Quadra''
*** Cedar Hill
*** Lake Hill
*** Maplewood
** ''Royal Oak''
*** Broadmead-Sunnymead
** ''Rural Saanich''
*** Beaver Lake
*** Elk Lake
*** Interurban
*** Prospect Lake
*** Strawberry Vale
*** West Burnside
** ''Saanich Core''
** ''Shelbourne''
***
Mt. Tolmie
** ''Tillicum''
*** The Gorge
*
Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
** Gonzales (Foul Bay)
**
Uplands
**
Willows Beach Willows Beach, Victoria is a beachfront in the Municipality of Oak Bay, in Victoria, British Columbia. Along Willows Beach is Willows Park, where a tea-room is run by the Kiwanis Club in spring and summer. It takes its name from the Willows Fairg ...
** Windsor Park
**
South Oak Bay
** North Oak Bay
** Estevan
*
Esquimalt
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esqui ...
** Craigflower
** Colville Road
** Gorge Vale
** Parklands
** Rockheights
** Saxe Point
** Songhees
** West Bay
** Work Point (
DND)
*
View Royal
View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 10,858 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike a ...
** Shoreline
*
Colwood
** Belmont Park
** Colwood Corners
**
Hatley Park
Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia, in Greater Victoria. It is the site of Hatley Castle, a Classified Federal Heritage Building. Since 1995, the mansion and estate have been used for the public Royal Ro ...
** Mill Hill
** Royal Roads
** Royal Bay
** Triangle Mountain
*
Langford
** North
***
Bear Mountain
*** Florence Lake
*** Millstream
*** Thetis Heights
** South
*** Glen Lake
*** Goldstream Meadows
*** Luxton
*** Ravenwood
*** Westhills
*
Highlands
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Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:
Places Albania
* Dukagjin Highlands
Armenia
* Armenian Highlands
Australia
* So ...
** Durrance Lake
** Thetis Lake
** Willis Point
*
Metchosin
The District of Metchosin is a municipality and community in Greater Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a coastal community adjacent to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Metchosin is part of the Wester ...
**
Happy Valley
** Matheson Lake
** Rocky Point
** William Head
*
Central Saanich
**
Brentwood Bay
** Island View
**
Saanichton
Saanichton, British Columbia is a village, in the municipality of Central Saanich, located between Victoria and the BC Ferry Terminal, west of the Pat Bay Highway (Hwy 17), at the junction of Mount Newton Cross Road and East Saanich Road.
Saan ...
*
North Saanich
** Cloake Hill
** Dean Park
** Deep Cove
** Lands End
**
Patricia Bay
Patricia Bay ("Pat Bay" to locals) is a body of salt water that extends east from Saanich Inlet and forms part of the shoreline of North Saanich, British Columbia. It lies due west of Victoria International Airport. A municipal park covers most of ...
("Pat Bay")
**
Swartz Bay
Swartz Bay, located on the north end of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island, is primarily known for being the location of one of BC Ferries' main terminals, the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal
The Swartz Bay ferry terminal is a major transpor ...
** Ardmore
*
Sidney
*
Sooke
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke B ...
**
Broom Hill
**
East Sooke
East Sooke is an unincorporated community south and east of Sooke, British Columbia, Canada. It consists of over 500 houses (and one volunteer fire department) along with the headquarters of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) ...
**
Otter Point
** Kemp Lake
** Sooke Town Centre
** Sunriver
** Saseenos
** Whiffin Spit
Climate
Demographics
The Greater Victoria region has a combined population of 397,237 according to the 2021 Canadian census.
The region comprises two of the fifteen most populous municipalities in British Columbia (Saanich, at number seven, and Victoria at number thirteen). The Canadian Census ranks Greater Victoria as the 15th largest
metropolitan area
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in Canada, by
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
. The combined population of the cities, municipalities, unincorporated areas and Indian Reserves in the region are as follows:
#
Saanich 117,735
#
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
91,867
#
Langford 46,584
#
Colwood 18,961
#
Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
17,990
#
Esquimalt
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esqui ...
17,533
#
Central Saanich 17,385
#
Sooke
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke B ...
15,086
#
Sidney 12,318
#
North Saanich 12,235
#
View Royal
View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 10,858 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike a ...
11,575
#
Juan de Fuca (Part 1) 5,132
#
Metchosin
The District of Metchosin is a municipality and community in Greater Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is a coastal community adjacent to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Metchosin is part of the Wester ...
5,067
#
Highlands
Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau.
Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:
Places Albania
* Dukagjin Highlands
Armenia
* Armenian Highlands
Australia
* So ...
2,482
#
New Songhees 1A Indian Reserve 1,839
#
East Saanich 2 Indian Reserve 1,790
#
South Saanich 1 Indian Reserve 712
#
Cole Bay 3 Indian Reserve 266
#
T'Sou-ke Indian Reserve 230
#
Becher Bay 1 Indian Reserve 221
#
Esquimalt Indian Reserve 120
#
Union Bay 4 Indian Reserve 109
Ethnicity
In comparison to the
Lower Mainland
The Lower Mainland is a geographic and cultural region of the mainland coast of British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05million people as of the 2021 Canad ...
(
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. T ...
and environs), the region does not have a great deal of racial diversity. Most of the population is of
European
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
* ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe
** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...
descent. A substantial community of those of
Chinese descent has existed in Greater Victoria since the
Fraser Gold Rush of 1858–60, which saw the first significant influx, arriving first via San Francisco then directly from China. There is also a substantial
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
(indigenous) population whose ancestors have lived in the area for thousands of years. Numerous First Nations reserves, forming distinct communities, exist in the region — primarily on the Saanich Peninsula, in Esquimalt, and in the Western Communities — although the majority of the First Nations population live off-reserve.
The largest ethnic groups in Greater Victoria, according to the 2016 census,
Census Profile, 2016 Census: Victoria (Census metropolitan area), British Columbia and British Columbia (Province)
Statistics Canada. Retrieved on 2017-12-30. are:
#English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
- 140,510
# Scottish - 98,475
#Canadian - 86,000
# Irish - 73,170
# German - 50,440
# French - 38,775
# Ukrainian - 19,410
# Chinese - 17,825
#Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People ...
- 17,790
#First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
- 15,430
# Welsh - 14,140
#Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin scree ...
- 13,610
# Norwegian - 12,130
#Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional It ...
- 11,665
# Swedish - 9,380
# Indian - 9,180
#Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
* Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and p ...
- 8,565
# American - 8,485
#Metis
Metis or Métis may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and America whose distinct culture and language emerged after early intermarriage between First Nations peoples and early European settlers, primar ...
- 7,135
# Filipino - 6,650
The same information, although grouped more geographically, is below. The largest sub-grouping is included.
Culture
Many Victoria Region municipalities have their own fairs: Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
's Tea Party, Esquimalt
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esqui ...
's Buccaneer Days, Sidney's Sidney Days, Sooke
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke B ...
's Sooke Days, Western Communities
The Western Communities, also called the West Shore (e.g.West Shore RCMP or Westshore (e.gWestshore Town Centre, is the suburban municipalities of Colwood, Langford, Metchosin and The Highlands, Langford and unincorporated districts west of ...
' Luxton Rodeo, and Central Saanich's Saanich Fair. The Saanich Fair is the oldest and largest of all the Greater Victoria local fair venues; it is considered a ''de facto
''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
'' regional fair because of its greater size, content, and famous reputation. The Saanich Fair has the largest number of attendees of all the Victoria area fairs.
There is a wide variety of entertainment and recreational facilities and activities. The mild coastal climate ensures less extreme weather changes. Outdoor and indoor recreational areas are abundant throughout the region. The Rifflandia Music Festival takes place downtown in mid to late September. The Victoria Tall Ships Festival showcase sailing vessels and the sailing lif
The Victoria Symphony performs over 100 concerts a year, including the renowned Symphony Splash, an annual free concert in the Inner Harbour on the August Sunday preceding B.C Day. The orchestra is on a barge playing to an audience of over 40,000. The Electronic Music Festival also takes place at Centennial Square, where DJs can show off their music mixing skills.
These regional positive qualities, along with new transportation links, international high-profile events (2007 NATO
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meeting, 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cyclin ...
), could have helped produce a socio-economic effect in terms of: attractiveness as a place of residency, low unemployment, high real estate development potential for profit, increasing immigration of new people(s), and expanding opportunities for business or economic development. High-profile international attention performs its duty as a marketing, public relations, and sales catalyst for further activity. Boaters from around the world gather annually in the waters off of Vancouver Island for the Swiftsure International Yacht Race
The Swiftsure International Yacht Race is the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, BC, Canada, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers for the ...
.
An example of this economic opportunity also lies in Victoria's geography
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. The April 19, 2008 ''Victoria Times Colonist
The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the Sept. 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ''Daily C ...
'' newspaper printed a section, sponsored by the Downtown Victoria Business Association, focusing on the area's downtown selection of goods and service providers. As it was in the early days with merchants supplying and outfitting gold
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rush prospector
Prospector may refer to:
Space exploration
* Prospector (spacecraft), a planned lunar probe, canceled in 1962
* ''Lunar Prospector'', a NASA spacecraft
Trains
* Prospector (train), a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western ...
s, today's modern merchants supply outdoor recreation seekers before they head to other parts of Vancouver Island for surfing
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, kayaking
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, hiking
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, camping
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, swimming
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, cycling
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or whatever activities they seek.
In June 2010, the Canadian Navy
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celebrated its 100th anniversary with a Fleet Review
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in the waters off of Greater Victoria, by Canada's former Governor General Michaëlle Jean. The review was attended by warships from Canada, France, New Zealand
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, Australia, Japan
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, the United States
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along with US and Canadian Coast Guard
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vessels. These celebration activities coincided with the Esquimalt Buccaneer Days Fair and the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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activities in local bars.
The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay started in Greater Victoria and proceeded to other communities across Canada. The conclusion of the torch relay began the 2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gre ...
in Vancouver BC
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.
Notable places
Educational institutions
* Camosun College (Saanich and Oak Bay)
* Lester B. Pearson College (Metchosin)
Oshio CollegeRoyal Pacific Institute
(Victoria)
*Royal Roads University
Royal Roads University (also referred to as RRU or Royal Roads) is a public university with its main campus in Colwood, British Columbia. It is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. Following the decommissioning of ...
(Colwood)
*University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...
(Saanich and Oak Bay)
*University Canada West
University Canada West (UCW) is a private, for-profit university in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 2005 by David F. Strong, the former president of the University of Victoria. UCW was purchased in 2008 by the Eminata Group and i ...
(Victoria campus closed 2011)
* Vancouver Island School of Art
The Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) is a private, non-profit post-secondary art school founded in 2004 and located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the British Colu ...
(Victoria)
* Victoria College of Art
Victoria College of Art (VCA) is a private, non-profit art college located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1974 as the Northwest Coast Institute of Arts, the college offers Diploma programs in Fine Arts, Applied Arts Illustrati ...
(Victoria)
Hospitals
*Royal Jubilee Hospital
Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 500-bed general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada located about east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood (itself named after the hospital).
Overview
Its name commemorates the Golden Jubilee ...
(Victoria and Saanich)
* Saanich Peninsula Hospital (Central Saanich/Saanich Peninsula)
*Victoria General Hospital
Victoria General Hospital (VGH) is an acute care facility located in View Royal, British Columbia, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from ...
(View Royal)
Military installations
( Department of National Defence)
*CFB Esquimalt
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. , 4,411 military personnel and 2,762 civilians work at CFB Esquima ...
HMC Dockyard (Esquimalt)
*CFB Esquimalt
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. , 4,411 military personnel and 2,762 civilians work at CFB Esquima ...
Naden (Esquimalt)
* (Victoria)
*Bay Street Armoury (Victoria)
*Lieutenant General E.C. Ashton Armoury (Saanich)
*Victoria International Airport
Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula, with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich, and a small portion of the ...
Air Force Squadron detachment (North Saanich)
Parks and natural features
*Beacon Hill Park
Beacon Hill Park is a 75 ha (200 acre) park located along the shore of Juan de Fuca Strait in Victoria, British Columbia. The park is popular both with tourists and locals, and contains a number of amenities including woodland and shoreline trai ...
(Victoria)
*Clover Point (Victoria)
*Dallas Road Waterfront Pathway (Victoria)
*Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park
The Elk/Beaver Regional Park is a park in Saanich, British Columbia, containing Elk Lake (British Columbia), Elk Lake and Beaver Lake (British Columbia), Beaver Lake.
Elk/Beaver Lake was known as the "Freshwater Playground of Victoria" in its ...
(Saanich)
* Francis/King Regional Park (Saanich)
*Galloping Goose Regional Trail
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a rail trail between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the ghost town of Leechtown, north of Sooke, where it meets the old Sooke Flowline. Maintained by the Capital Regional District (CRD), the t ...
(from Victoria west through Sooke)
* ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱/John Dean Provincial Park (North Saanich and Central Saanich)
* Mount Douglas Park (Saanich)
*Moss Rock Park (Victoria)
*Ogden Point
Ogden Point is a deep water port facility located in the southwestern corner of the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its advantageous geographic location on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, close to ...
(Victoria)
* Sea to Sea Green Blue Belt
** East Sooke Regional Park (Juan de Fuca EA)
**Goldstream Provincial Park
Goldstream Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is known for the annual fall salmon runs in the Goldstream River, and the large numbers of bald eagles that congregate to feed at that time. The total size of th ...
(Langford)
**Gowlland Tod Provincial Park
Gowlland Tod Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park protects 1,219 hectares (3,012 acres) of mixed forest of Douglas-fir, Arbutus, western redcedar, western hemlock, shore pine, grand fir, red alder, and Garry ...
(Highlands, and Juan de Fuca EA)
**Mount Work Regional Park
Mount Work is a mountain in the Gowlland Range on southern Vancouver Island. It is located within Mount Work Regional Park in the District of Highlands, near Gowlland Tod Provincial Park and Goldstream Provincial Park
Goldstream Provincial P ...
(Saanich, Highlands, and Juan de Fuca EA)
**Sooke Potholes Regional Park
Sooke Potholes Regional Park is a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) nature park along the Sooke River, near Sooke, British Columbia. It is known for its rocky pools and canyon-like features and is a popular destination for hiking and swimming.
The Land C ...
, Sooke Potholes Provincial Park
Sooke Potholes Provincial Park is a 7.28 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is adjacent to the Sooke River and Sooke Potholes Regional Park, near Victoria, B.C. Intended primarily to provide access to the Sooke River and th ...
and Sooke River Provincial Park (Sooke)
* Swan Lake/Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary (Saanich)
* Thetis Lake Regional Park (View Royal, Langford, and Highlands)
* Uplands Park (Oak Bay)
**Cattle Point (Uplands Park, Oak Bay)
* Saxe Point Park/ Fleming Beach, former military defence gun bunkers/observation (Esquimalt)
*Hartland landfill
The Hartland landfill is the waste disposal site for the city of Victoria, British Columbia and the Greater Victoria area. The landfill began operating in the early 1950's under private ownership and management. Phase 1 of the landfill reached ca ...
(mountain biking
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, tours & hiking
Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histo ...
) (Saanich)
* Mount Tolmie (Saanich)
Scientific facilities
*Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. The Dominion architect responsible for the building was Edgar Lewis Horwood. The main instrumen ...
/National Research Council of Canada
The National Research Council Canada (NRC; french: Conseil national de recherches Canada) is the primary national agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to science and technology research & development. It is the largest federal research ...
(Saanich)
Gonzales Observatory for Atmospheric Biogeochemistry Research
(Oak Bay)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; french: Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO), is a Ministry (government department), department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Can ...
(North Saanich)
*Geological Survey of Canada
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; french: Commission géologique du Canada (CGC)) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country, developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the e ...
, GSC Pacific/Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan; french: Ressources naturelles Canada; french: RNCan, label=none)Natural Resources Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Natural Resources (). is the dep ...
(Sidney)
Sidney Laboratory (Centre for Plant Health)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; french: Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of ...
(North Saanich)
Sites of interest
Historical
*Craigdarroch Castle
Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is a historic, Victorian-era Scottish Baronial mansion. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its landmark status in Victoria.
History
It was constructed in th ...
(Victoria)
* Craigflower Manor and Craigflower Schoolhouse (Saanich)
* Empress Hotel (Victoria)
* Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse / Parks Canada
Parks Canada (PC; french: Parcs Canada),Parks Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Parks Canada Agency (). is the agency of the Government of Canada which manages the country's 48 National Parks, th ...
(Colwood)
*Hatley Park
Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia, in Greater Victoria. It is the site of Hatley Castle, a Classified Federal Heritage Building. Since 1995, the mansion and estate have been used for the public Royal Ro ...
(Colwood)
* Ross Bay Cemetery (Victoria)
* Harling Point Chinese Cemetery (Oak Bay)
* Veteran's Cemetery (Esquimalt)
*Chinatown
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(Victoria)
*Fleming Beach, historical defence bunkers (Esquimalt)
* Emily Carr House (Victoria)
* Victoria High School (Victoria)
* Camosun College (Saanich)
*Beacon Hill Park
Beacon Hill Park is a 75 ha (200 acre) park located along the shore of Juan de Fuca Strait in Victoria, British Columbia. The park is popular both with tourists and locals, and contains a number of amenities including woodland and shoreline trai ...
(Victoria)
*Helmcken House
Helmcken House is a museum in Victoria, British Columbia, located in Thunderbird Park. It was built by Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, the first doctor in Victoria, in 1852, a surgeon with the Hudson's Bay Company. It is one of the oldest houses in ...
(Victoria)
* Victoria Police Department Station Museum (150 years of policing artifacts) (Victoria)
*Butchart Gardens
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National ...
( Central Saanich)
Political
*Government House
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Gove ...
(Victoria)
* Parliament Buildings (Victoria)
*Victoria City Hall
Victoria City Hall is the city hall for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the corner of Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue adjacent to the CTV Vancouver Island studios and the McPherson Playhouse in downtown Victoria. It is ho ...
(Victoria)
Cultural
*Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is an art museum located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Situated in Rockland, Victoria, the museum occupies a building complex; made up of the Spencer Mansion, and the Exhibition Galleries. The ...
(Victoria)
* British Columbia Aviation Museum ( Sidney)
*CFB Esquimalt
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. , 4,411 military personnel and 2,762 civilians work at CFB Esquima ...
Military Museum (Esquimalt
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)
*Chinatown
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(Victoria)
* Maltwood Art Gallery UVic University Centre ( Saanich)
*Royal British Columbia Museum
Founded in 1886, the Royal British Columbia Museum (sometimes referred to as Royal BC Museum) consists of The Province of British Columbia's natural and human history museum as well as the British Columbia Provincial Archives. The museum is loca ...
& IMAX National Geographic Theatre (Victoria)
* Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre ( Sidney)
* Thunderbird Park (Victoria, British Columbia)
Sports facilities
Golf
* Bear Mountain Golf and Country Club (Langford)
* Cedar Hill Golf Course (Saanich)
* Gorge Vale Golf Club (Esquimalt)
* Olympic View Golf Club (Langford and Colwood)
* Royal Colwood Golf and Country Club (Colwood)
* Royal Oak Golf Club (Saanich)
* Uplands Golf Club (Oak Bay)
* Victoria Golf Club (Oak Bay)
* Highland Pacific Golf (Saanich)
* Prospect Lake Golf Course (Saanich)
* Cordova Bay Golf Course (Saanich)
Other
* Gordon Head Recreation Centre (Saanich)
* Cedar Hill Recreation Centre (Saanich)
*Victoria City Rowing Club
The Victoria City Rowing Club is a non-profit rowing club located at Elk Lake in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
VCRC offers a variety of recreational and seasonal rowing programs and services including programs for beginners, corporate re ...
(Saanich)
* Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre (Victoria)
* George Pearkes Recreation Centre (Saanich)
* Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre (Colwood)
*Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
The Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre (SOFMC) is an indoor arena located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and is the largest arena in British Columbia outside of Vancouver. It is primarily used for ice hockey, previously the home arena of t ...
arena (Victoria)
*Royal Victoria Yacht Club
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club is located along the shores of Cadboro Bay in The Uplands a neighborhood of Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian prov ...
(Oak Bay)
*Saanich Commonwealth Place
Saanich Commonwealth Place is a recreation center located west of the Patricia Bay Highway and north of Royal Oak Drive in Saanich, British Columbia in Canada. It was originally constructed in 1993 for the August 1994 Commonwealth Games, and is ...
(swimming pool and library- Greater Victoria Public Library) (Saanich)
* Victoria Curling Club (Victoria)
* Western Speedway (motor racing) (Langford)
* Bear Mountain Arena (Colwood)
*Royal Athletic Park
Royal Athletic Park is a stadium in Victoria, British Columbia and is used for baseball, soccer, softball and football, but also hosts special events, such as the annual Great Canadian Beer Festival and previously the Rifflandia Music Festival ...
(Victoria)
*Centennial Stadium
Centennial Stadium is a stadium located on the campus of the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The facility was built as a 1967 Canadian Centennial project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian confederatio ...
(track & field) (Saanich, University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...
)
* Esquimalt Recreation Centre (Esquimalt)
* Panorama Recreation Centre (North Saanich)
* Oak Bay Recreation Centre (Oak Bay)
* Eagle Ridge Community Centre (Langford)
* City Centre Park (Langford)
Transportation and ports
Highways
Greater Victoria is served by 3 provincial highways
Highway 17
Connects Greater Victoria to Victoria International Airport and BC Ferries service to Vancouver. A four lane highway with mix of freeway, expressway and arterial standards.
Highway 1 (Trans Canada Highway)
Connects the core eastern municipalities to the western municipalities as a 12km freeway with 7 interchanges.
Highway 14
Connects Greater Victoria to Sooke, mostly a two lane highway.
Ports
* Black Ball Ferries (to Port Angeles, Washington
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The city's ha ...
) (Victoria)
*Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
The Island Rail Corridor, previously the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railway), is a railway operation on Vancouver Island and is the only remaining railway on Vancouver Island after the closure of the Englewood Railway in November 2017. ...
terminus (Victoria)
*Victoria Harbour
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(Victoria)
** Victoria Inner Harbour Airport
*Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal
The Swartz Bay ferry terminal is a major transportation facility at Swartz Bay in North Saanich, British Columbia. It is located north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The terminal is part of the BC Ferries system, as well as part of Highway ...
( BC Ferries to Tsawwassen, near Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. T ...
) (North Saanich)
*Victoria International Airport
Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula, with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich, and a small portion of the ...
(North Saanich)
** Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome
*Washington State Ferries
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals loc ...
(Sidney, to the San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the cor ...
and Anacortes
Anacortes ( ) is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name "Anacortes" is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman.[Downtown Victoria
Downtown Victoria is a neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the city centre and the central business district for the City of Victoria, and the Greater Victoria regions.
Characteristics
The downtown area is an e ...]
, Helijet
Helijet International is a helicopter airline and charter service based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Its scheduled passenger helicopter airline services operates flights from heliports at Vancouver International Airport (YVR), downt ...
helicopter service to Downtown Vancouver
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, (Victoria)
Media outlets
Print
Victoria News
local media
Saanich News
local media
Goldstream News Gazette
local media
Peninsula News Review
local media
Sooke News Mirror
local media
Oak Bay News
local media
*''Times Colonist
The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the Sept. 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ''Daily C ...
'', regional newspaper
*'' Monday Magazine'', entertainment weekly publication
*''The Nexus'', Camosun College student newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...
* The ''Martlet'', University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...
student newspaper
* Black Press community newspapers
*
LookOut
', newspaper of CFB Esquimalt
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Navy
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Base
*''Victoria Marketplace'', monthly business profiles
*
Douglas Magazine
', Victoria based business magazine
Social Media Communities
*
Victoria Buzz
'
Victoria News
local media
Saanich News
local media
Goldstream News Gazette
local media
Peninsula News Review
local media
Sooke News Mirror
local media
Oak Bay News
local media
AM Radio
* CKMO 900 kHz
*CFAX
CFAX (1070 AM) is a news/talk radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was independently run until September 30, 2004, when it was taken over by Canadian media company CHUM Limited. Its sister station is CHBE-FM, which began bro ...
1070 kHz
FM Radio
* CBUX, Espace musique
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- 88.9
* CBCV, CBC Radio One
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- 90.5 MHz
* CJZN 91.3 MHz - "The Zone @ 91-3"
* CBU, CBC Radio 2 - 92.1 MHz
* CIOC 98.5 MHz - "The Ocean"
* CKKQ 100.3 MHz - "100.3 The Q!"
* CFUV 101.9 MHz - CFUV, University of Victoria
* CHTT 103.1 MHz - "Kiss FM"
* CHBE 107.3 MHz - "Virgin Radio
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In 2001, ...
"
* CILS 107.9 MHz - "Francophonics"
Television
*Channel 6: CHEK (Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
)
*Cable 4: SHAW
Shaw may refer to:
Places Australia
*Shaw, Queensland
Canada
* Shaw Street, a street in Toronto
England
* Shaw, Berkshire, a village
* Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton
* Shaw, Swindon, a suburb of Swindon ...
(Shaw TV)
*Channel 53, Cable 12: CIVI ( CTV 2)
Regional organisations
AVI Health and Community Services (AVI)
*Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
* Greater Victoria Film Commission
*Greater Victoria Art Gallery
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is an art museum located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Situated in Rockland, Victoria, the museum occupies a building complex; made up of the Spencer Mansion, and the Exhibition Galleries. The ...
*Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition ttps://capitalbike.ca/about-us/ capitalbike.ca
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* Greater Victoria Public Library
Island Sexual Health
Peers Victoria Resources Society
* University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS)
Victoria Pride Society
See also
* Fort Victoria
References
{{Census metropolitan areas by size
Southern Vancouver Island
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Capital Regional District
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Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seyche ...
Populated coastal places in Canada