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Victoria, Breetish Columbie

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Victoria
Ceety
City of Victoria
Clockwise frae top left: The Inner Victoria Harbour, Statue o Queen Victoria, the Fisgard Lighthouse, Neo-Baroque airchitectur o the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The Empress Hotel, an The Christ Church Cathedral.
Clockwise frae top left: The Inner Victoria Harbour, Statue o Queen Victoria, the Fisgard Lighthouse, Neo-Baroque airchitectur o the British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, The Empress Hotel, an The Christ Church Cathedral.
Motto(s): 
Semper Liber (Laitin)
(Translation: "Forever free")
Coordinates: 48°25′43″N 123°21′56″W / 48.42861°N 123.36556°W / 48.42861; -123.36556Coordinates: 48°25′43″N 123°21′56″W / 48.42861°N 123.36556°W / 48.42861; -123.36556
KintraCanadae
ProvinceBreetish Columbie
Regional DestrictCaipital
Incorporatit2 August 1862[1]
Govrenment
  MayorDean Fortin
(past mayors)
  Govrenin bodyVictoria City Council
  MPDenise Savoie
  MLAsCarole James, Rob Fleming, Maurine Karagianis
Area
  Ceety19.47 km2 (7.52 sq mi)
  Metro
696.15 km2 (268.79 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (2011)[3]
  Ceety80,032 (67t)
  Density4109.4/km2 (10,643/sq mi)
  Metro
344,630 (15t)
  Metro density495/km2 (1,280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
Postal code span
V0S, V8N-V8Z, V9A-V9E
Area code(s)250 an 778
NTS Map092B06
GNBC CodeJBOBQ
WebsiteVictoria.ca

Victoria (/[unsupported input]vɪkˈtɔːriə/) is the caipital ceety o Breetish Columbie, Canada an is locatit on the soothren tip o Vancouver Island aff Canadae's Pacific coast. The ceety haes a population o aboot 80,017 athin the metropolitan aurie o Greater Victoria, which haes a population o 344,615, the 15t maist populous Canadian metro region. Sometimes Victoria is cried "a bit o Auld England" acause o its bonnie gardens.

Sister ceeties

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Victoria haes five Sister ceeties:

References

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  1. City of Victoria - History Archived 2009-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  3. "Census Profile - Census Subdivision". 2.statcan.ca. 1 Februar 2012. Archived frae the original on 2 Apryle 2015. Retrieved 1 Mairch 2012.