Greater Victoria, British Columbia

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Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is a cultural rather than political entity, usually defined as the thirteen easternmost municipalities on Vancouver Island of the Capital Regional District (CRD).

Many places, buildings, and institutions associated with Victoria (the University of Victoria, Victoria International Airport, or the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, for example), actually exist outside the City of Victoria. The confusion is enhanced by the fact that Victoria is the locality indicated in the mailing addresses of places in several CRD municipalities and localities outside Victoria. This is probably reflective of many people's changing views of the whole region being Victoria, not just the central city, and indeed there have been recurrent debates on amalgamating at least some of the municipalities.

Many Victoria Region municipalities have their own fairs: Western Communities' Luxton Rodeo, Oak Bay's Tea Party, Esquimalt's Buccaneer Days, and Central Saanich's Saanich Fair.

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Victoria's world famous Butchart Gardens are actually located in Central Saanich

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[edit] Municipalities in Greater Victoria

These are broken down into:

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)
  • Saanich School District #63 - (the Saanich Peninsula)

Greater Victoria is the southernmost urban area in Western Canada, as it is located below the 49th parallel.

[edit] Demographics

Population

The Greater Victoria region has a combined population of 330,088, according to the 2006 Canadian census [1]. The region comprises two of the fifteen most populous municipalities in British Columbia (Saanich, at number seven, and Victoria at number thirteen). The population of the municipalities and unincorporated districts are as follows:

  1. Saanich 108,265
  2. Victoria 78,057
  3. Langford 22,489
  4. Oak Bay 17,908
  5. Esquimalt 16,840
  6. Central Saanich 15,745
  7. Colwood 14,687
  8. Sidney 11,315
  9. North Saanich 10,823
  10. Sooke 9,704
  11. View Royal 8,768
  12. Metchosin 4,795
  13. First Nations Reserves (part) 4,562
  14. Juan de Fuca Electoral Area (part) of the CRD 3,801
  15. Highlands 1,674

Largest Ethnic groups

In comparison to the Lower Mainland (Vancouver and environs), the region does not enjoy a great deal of ethnic diversity. Most of the population remains of European descent. A substantial community of those of Chinese descent has existed in Greater Victoria since the latter nineteenth century, the first significant influx coming with the building of the transcontinental railway in the 1880s. There is also a substantial First Nations (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 2001 census, are:

  1. English - 131,670
  2. Canadian - 90,780 (those mostly of British/French origin whose ancestors have lived in Canada for many generations)
  3. Scottish - 79,275
  4. Irish - 56,655
  5. German - 34,345
  6. French - 29,440
  7. Dutch - 13,805
  8. Ukrainian - 12,770
  9. Chinese - 11,720
  10. Aboriginal - 10,230

[edit] Neighbourhoods of Greater Victoria
  • Saanich
    • Arbutus
    • Beaver Lake
    • Broadmead
    • Cadboro Bay
    • Cedar Hill
    • Cordova Bay
    • Elk Lake
    • Glanford
    • Gordon Head
    • The Gorge
    • Interurban
    • Lake Hill
    • Marigold
    • Mayfair
    • Mt. Douglas
    • Mt. Tolmie
    • Prospect Lake
    • Queenswood
    • Royal Oak
    • Strawberry Vale
    • Ten Mile Point
    • Tillicum
    • West Burnside
    • West Saanich

  • Esquimalt
    • Craigflower
    • Gorge Vale
    • Rockheights
    • Songhees
    • Work Point
  • Colwood
    • Belmont Park
    • Colwood Corners
    • Hatley Park
    • Mill Hill
    • Royal Roads
    • Triangle Mountain

  • Langford
    • Bear Mountain
    • Florence Lake
    • Glen Lake
    • Goldstream
    • Luxton
    • Millstream
    • Ravenwood
    • Thetis Heights
  • Highlands
    • Durrance Lake
    • Thetis Lake
    • Willis Point
  • Metchosin
    • Happy Valley
    • Matheson Lake
    • Rocky Point
    • William Head

[edit] Notable places and features of Greater Victoria

[edit] Educational institutions

[edit] Hospitals

[edit] Military installations

[edit] Parks and natural features

[edit] Scientific facilities

[edit] Sites of interest

[edit] Historical

[edit] Political

[edit] Cultural

[edit] Other

[edit] Sports facilities

Golf (18 holes)

  • 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)

Other

[edit] Transportation and ports

[edit] Media outlets

[edit] Print

[edit] AM Radio

[edit] FM Radio

[edit] Television

[edit] Famous Victorians

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Image:Flag of British Columbia.svg    Communities on Vancouver Island    Image:Flag of Vancouver Island.svg

Ahousat • Bamberton • Bamfield • Black Creek • Bowser • Brentwood Bay • Buckley Bay • Campbell River • Cassidy • Cedar • Central Saanich • Chemainus • Clo-oose • Coal Harbour • Cobble Hill • Colwood • Comox • Coombs • Courtenay • Cowichan Bay • Cowichan Station • Crofton • Cumberland • Deep Bay • Duncan • Errington • Esquimalt • Fanny Bay • French Creek • Genoa Bay • Gold River • Harewood • Highlands • Holberg • Honeymoon Bay • Kildonan • Koksilah • Ladysmith • Lake Cowichan • Langford • Lantzville • Malahat • Maple Bay • Merville • Mesachie Lake • Metchosin • Mill Bay • Nanaimo • Nanoose Bay • Nitinat • North Cowichan • North Saanich • Oak Bay • Oceanside • Oyster River • Parksville • Port Alberni • Port Alice • Port Hardy • Port McNeill • Port Renfrew • Qualicum Beach • Quatsino • River Jordan • Royston • Saanich • Saanichton • Saltair • Sayward • Shawnigan Lake • Sidney • Sooke • Tahsis • Telegraph Cove • Tofino • Ucluelet • Union Bay • Greater Victoria • Victoria • View Royal • Westholme • Winter Harbour • Woss • Youbou • Yuquot (Friendly Cove) • Zeballos

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Members of the Capital Regional District
MunicipalitiesCentral Saanich • Colwood • Esquimalt • Highlands • Langford • Metchosin • North Saanich • Oak Bay • Saanich • Sidney • Sooke • Victoria • View Royal
Electoral areasB & D (Juan de Fuca) • F (Salt Spring Island) • G (Southern Gulf Islands)
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