Victoria | |
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| The Corporation of the City of Victoria[1] | |
 From the top, left to right: the British Columbia Parliament Buildings; Downtown Victoria; Craigdarroch Castle; Christ Church Cathedral; the Empress Hotel; and the Float Home Village at Fisherman's Wharf | |
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| Motto(s): Semper Liber (Latin) "Forever free" | |
  Victoria Location of Victoria within the Capital Regional District | |
  Victoria Location within British Columbia  Victoria Location within Canada  Victoria Location within North America  Victoria Victoria (North America) | |
| Coordinates: 48°25′42″N 123°21′53″W / 48.42833°N 123.36472°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional district | Capital Regional District |
| Historic colonies | C. of Vancouver Island (1848–66) C. of British Columbia (1866–71) |
| Incorporated | 2 August 1862[4] |
| Named for | Queen Victoria |
| Seat | Victoria City Hall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Elected city council |
| • Body | Victoria City Council |
| • Mayor | Marianne Alto |
| • MP | Laurel Collins (NDP) |
| • MLAs | Grace Lore (BC NDP), Rob Fleming (BC NDP), Murray Rankin (BC NDP) |
| Area | |
| • City | 19.47 km2 (7.52 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 215.88 km2 (83.35 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 696.15 km2 (268.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 91,867 |
| • Rank | 66th in Canada |
| • Density | 4,722.3/km2 (12,231/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 7th in Canada |
| • Urban | 397,237 |
| • Urban density | 1,555.0/km2 (4,027/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 397,237 (16th in Canada) |
| • Metro density | 571.3/km2 (1,480/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Victorian |
| Time zone | UTC–08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
| NTS Map | 92B6 Victoria |
| GNBC Code | JBOBQ[8] |
| GDP (Victoria CMA) | CA$22.5 billion (2020)[9] |
| GDP per capita (Victoria CMA) | $53,446 (2016) |
| Website | victoria |
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,410/sq mi).[10]
Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 km (62 mi) from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and 40 km (25 mi) from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) and the Empress Hotel (opened in 1908). The city's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America, after San Francisco. The region's Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before European settlement, which had large populations at the time of European exploration.
Known as "the Garden City", Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination and has a regional technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry.[11] In 2019, Victoria was in the top 20 world cities for quality of life, according to Numbeo.[12]
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- ^ "Victoria". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "The 10 highest population densities among municipalities (census subdivisions) with 5,000 residents or more, Canada, 2016". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Gemme, Brigitte (November 2009). "Economic Impact of the Greater Victoria Technology Sector" (PDF). University of British Columbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
This report was commissioned by the Victoria Advanced Technology Council (VIATeC) and prepared by Brigitte Gemme, Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia. The study was supported by the ACCELERATE BC (MITACS) internship programme. The Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation and its director, professor James Tansey, generously hosted the author of the report during the internship. The author and VIATeC would also like to thank the Victoria technology sector organizations who took the time to participate in this study.
- ^ "Quality of Life Index by City 2019". numbeo.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.