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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.