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Victoria, BC
· Population 442,000 · Vancouver Island · Pacific Time
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Population 442,000 · Vancouver Island · Pacific TimeVictoria is the capital city of British Columbia, situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. With a population of approximately 400,000 in the metropolitan area, Victoria is known for its mild climate, British colonial heritage, and stunning natural beauty. The city...
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📊 City Stats
WikipediaPopulation (2021)91,867
Metro population397,237
Area19.47 km²
Density4722.3/km²
Elevation23 m
Time zone-07:00
Postal codeV8N – V9E
Area code250, 778, 236, 672
📰 Victoria News
RSSDomestic competition vital in attracting investments, says Competition Bureau's Pratt
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Domestic competition vital in attracting investments, says Competition Bureau's Pratt
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France open to defence deals with Canada despite its push for arms autonomy: envoy
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France open to defence deals with Canada despite its push for arms autonomy: envoy
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Trade minister leading 300-member mission to India this week
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Trade minister leading 300-member mission to India this week
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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel memorial prize in economics
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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel memorial prize in economics
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French police detain pupil suspected in school shooting in France in which two were wounded
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Who’s afraid of a 6-hour documentary about exiled Russian journalists?
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Russell Brand arrives at a London court for his trial on rape and sexual assault charges
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K.d. lang on fame, Buddhism and finding peace away from the spotlight
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How a loophole in Canada's species-at-risk law can leave wildlife in limbo
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Oct. 12: Your Daily Horoscope
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Auger-Aliassime bounces Carreno Busta, advances to round of 16 at Shanghai Masters
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Thousands attend a Quebec festival centred on a little-known tropical-tasting fruit
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Native athlete pride: Shiyazh Pete recognized on Indigenous Peoples Day
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Native athlete pride: Shiyazh Pete recognized on Indigenous Peoples Day
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A Spanish-language radio show overflows with voters' frustration in Pennsylvania battleground
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📅 Victoria Events
EventbriteEndless Waves ~ 5Rhythms in Victoria, BC ~ SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2026
James Bay, Victoria · 1:45 AM
VIC Sundowner with Danni Jarrett, CEO – Invest Victoria & Global Victoria
Docklands, Docklands · 11:30 PM
Petrified Pub Crawl – Halloween Ghost Tour & Pub Crawl in Victoria, BC
Downtown, Victoria · 3:00 AM
EGREGORE (VAN) / SORGUINAZIA (EDM) W/ PILLAGERY AT THE PHOENIX
Mayfair, Saanich · 2:00 AM
Saturday Spotlight! Artists Meet & Greet
Harris Green, Victoria · 12:00 AM
Fall Mini Portrait Sessions — Victoria
Fairfield, Victoria · 8:00 PM
VICTORIA, BC-GLOBAL CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OCT 19- 22, 2026
Rock Bay, Saanich · 11:00 PM
Victoria Psychedelic Integration Circles
Fernwood, Victoria · 1:30 AM
We All Need A Home
South Jubilee, Oak Bay · 8:00 PM
Slow Strokes: A Guided Mindful Watercolour Workshop | Victoria, BC
Chinatown, Victoria · 1:30 AM
Victoria Chamber Orchestra: Fri. Oct. 23, 2026, 7:30 PM (UC, 932 Balmoral)
Harris Green, Victoria · 2:30 AM
Beer and Burger Silent Auction 2026
View Royal · 12:00 AM
The Student Based Mental Health & Education Conference (Victoria, BC)
Rock Bay, Saanich · 3:30 PM
Unwind & Create: A Late Morning Art Journalling Workshop | Victoria, BC
Chinatown, Victoria · 6:00 PM
The Fright Crawl | Victoria Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thurs, October 29
Chinatown, Victoria · 2:30 AM
The Fright Crawl | Victoria's Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Fri, Oct 30
Chinatown, Victoria · 2:30 AM
Victoria's Haunted Hop 2026: Halloween Bar Crawl (Friday, Oct 30)
Chinatown, Victoria · 3:00 AM
Victoria Halloween Bar Crawl — Halloween Friday, Fri, Oct 30
Chinatown, Victoria · 3:30 AM
The Fright Crawl | Victoria Halloween Day Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31
Chinatown, Victoria · 8:00 PM
Celebrating Youth-Victoria, BC
Harris Green, Victoria · 9:30 PM
🎵 Victoria Live Music
Live🎵 UPSTAIRS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS: THE BOOM BOOMS
Downtown, Victoria · Fri, Oct 23 at 2:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 Victoria Chamber Orchestra: Fri. Oct. 23, 2026, 7:30 PM (UC, 932 Balmoral)
Harris Green, Victoria · Sat, Oct 24 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 VCO Season Ticket, 2026-2027 (4 concerts at United Commons, 932 Balmoral)
Harris Green, Victoria · Sat, Oct 24 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 Cat Clyde & Dean Johnson
Studio 919 (Previously known as Wicket Hall) · Thu, Oct 29 at 3:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Fright Crawl | Victoria Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Thurs, October 29
Chinatown, Victoria · Fri, Oct 30 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Fright Crawl | Victoria's Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Fri, Oct 30
Chinatown, Victoria · Sat, Oct 31 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Phantom of the Opera with Live Organ Accompaniment by David Briggs
Harris Green, Victoria · Sat, Oct 31 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 Victoria's Haunted Hop 2026: Halloween Bar Crawl (Friday, Oct 30)
Chinatown, Victoria · Sat, Oct 31 at 3:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 Victoria Halloween Bar Crawl — Halloween Friday, Fri, Oct 30
Chinatown, Victoria · Sat, Oct 31 at 3:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Black Parade Halloween Emo Night Victoria at Studio 919 - Oct 30 2026
Studio 919 (Previously known as Wicket Hall) · Sat, Oct 31 at 5:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Fright Crawl | Victoria Halloween Day Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31
Chinatown, Victoria · Sat, Oct 31 at 8:00 PM
Tickets →🎵 Halloween Bash 2026: A SPOOKY COSTUME PARTY WITH LIVE MUSIC!
Burnside, Victoria · Sun, Nov 1 at 2:00 AM
Tickets →🎵 The Fright Crawl | Victoria's #1 Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Sat, Oct 31
Chinatown, Victoria · Sun, Nov 1 at 2:30 AM
Tickets →🎵 Victoria's Haunted Hop 2026: Halloween Bar Crawl (Saturday, Oct 31)
Chinatown, Victoria · Sun, Nov 1 at 3:00 AM
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Bluesky🦋 uphereincanada.bsky.social @uphereincanada.bsky.social
Russia not alone. A company called Aggregate IQ based in Victoria, BC, Can., was responsible for the digital push to the "vote leave" message. They produced over 40% of these highly sophisticated mess…
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🦋 Sigmund Fraud @andybasement101.bsky.social
@brielikethechhes.bsky.social @brusowrites.bsky.social
Haul from Aldi, 2 A brand Heinz Tamotah Katsups plus add ons for €4! There was also Mayo but I got a hooge toob of that.
Long time ago I had pe…
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🦋 🇨🇦 WorkInNonProfits.ca @workinnonprofits.ca
Quality Service Analyst
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🦋 Philip C. Cavanagh @gr1ph1n.bsky.social
Wow, seems there’s a Little Free Library on Hillside road, a block from Cook street in Victoria, BC, some interesting books in there.
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🦋 BCMECR spooky/pumpkin spice mode @b1kes.bsky.social
An idea I'm messing around with: TransLink has vehicle-based trading cards. So for Victoria, I'm trying to come up with a route-based card system. Illustrations aren't meant to be real-world, rather r…
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🦋 Canada Cambot @canada-cambot.bsky.social
18th Green & 1st Tee Box Victoria Golf Club, BC, Canada
#Canada
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🦋 Britt S. Baker (She / Her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 @brittbaker.bsky.social
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie, if you’d like
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🦋 Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social
Hi guys!
Wanna see a really smart seal herding fish against the sea wall and getting a bellyful? :)
What a smart dude.
(Victoria, BC, on Dallas Road.)
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🦋 BobS @landsteward.earth
As the leaves drop I can see Victoria BC from the bedroom. 🍂
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🦋 kerry ✨ @kschwenky.bsky.social
You sure he’s not 37M?
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🦋 Aman Singh ਅਮਨ ਸਿੰਘ 辛欧曼 @amansighnvancouver.bsky.social
“In terms of health care, when I think about groups that are particularly concerned about and interested in the future of health care in the province, it’s the people who helped build this province, t…
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🦋 Victoria Buzz @vicbuzz.bsky.social
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🦋 ⚽️ Footie Canada 🍁 @footiecanada.bsky.social
Victoria Pacific FC Matchday ( @pacificfc.bsky.social )
🕕 4pm PT / 7pm ET
🏟️ Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, BC
🆚 Atlético Ottawa
📺 OneSoccer
🎉 @capitalcitysupporters.com (Glebe Central Pub)
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🦋 fletcher270.bsky.social @fletcher270.bsky.social
A Vacation in British Columbia
Morning walk through downtown Victoria
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🦋 Tyler Waters @tswaters.bsky.social
If you thought the nimbies in Victoria BC got their knickers in a twist from converting roads into bike lanes, imagine how they'd feel getting rid of the roads for nothing but reconciliation.... You…
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🦋 Grits 🇨🇦 @itsgrits.bsky.social
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🦋 Cruise News @cruising.cruisenews.io.ap.brid.gy
Disney Cruise Line has completed more than 100 projects aboard Disney Wonder during a 14-day dry dock in August 2026 at Seaspan Victoria Shipyards in Victoria, British Columbia. The refurbishment comb…
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🦋 Arc Dream Publishing @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social
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🦋 Jerry Smith, writer, motorcyclist, Sophie's dad. @jerrysmith6559.bsky.social
I stayed in a hotel in Victoria BC where you could check out Holly or Morgan, two Labs who were posted in the lobby, for a walk around town. This was years ago and I hope they both had good lives.
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🦋 Fair Sailing @fairsailing.bsky.social
Today Victoria hosts little NatGeo Venture, ship #330 in the season; we’re nearing 2,500 hours of cruise ship emissions for 2026. Fun fact: cruise isn’t the $$ claimed - cruise tourists account for le…
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💬 r/VictoriaBC
RedditThis is other parts of Canada right now! Cheers to us🍻Massive ocean wave making its way towards VictoriaJuan de Fuca-Malahat, y'all are projected to vote splitVictoria Marathon on FilmIf you door dashed oregono’s and this is your orderThis is grossAny artists able to help save a clay imprint?FYI: Child killer and abuser released unescorted in Victoria…A reminder about polling and 338Canada this electionMeet Carolyn Howe, your BC Greens candidate for Victoria-Swan Lake!⚡️Shout out to all the fans and supporters out for the marathon today!The Jehovah’s Witnesses updated their little display on Douglas and I almost thought it was the Trotskyist RCP communists firstyoung adult AA meetings in victoria?Severe depression, looking for adviceLost engagement ringW̱SÁNEĆ chief demands action to respect ancestors buried beneath road, calls for closing of parkLast night’s sunset from the waterfront in Sidney.Local scam warningSaanich: who else to vote for (pro housing, transit, etc)Who to call about a deer that has a very bad wound
🎥 Victoria Videos
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القرآن الكريم : محمد يمان الصالح ·
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Речь Василия на свадьбе брата
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Normalizing Not Skipping Small Artists | Wildlife Photography
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#cat # #cats #viral #cute #animallife #animals #viralvideo #cuteanimals #funny #viralshorts #pets
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Fall magic at Saanichton Corn Maze 🪄🎃 YYJPumpkinPatch #YYJFall #YYJHalloween #VictoriaBC #Saanich
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感恩节,去南瓜田|加拿大感恩节是怎么来的
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October 11, 2026
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Pizza Instead Of Turkey!! Fun! #family #thanksgiving
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Canadian Tire Halloween Decoration 18 2026
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They drew first blood... with a circular saw.
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I Took Twitch Chat on a Hot Tub Tugboat
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#lego #COVID lego build #designed and built by Glenn Waddingham #Victoria, BC
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Kinder Surprise Hello Kitty & Friends 2 #kindersurprise #hellokitty #blindbox
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CHEK News at 5 for Oct. 11, 2026: NDP pitches ferry bookings, Conservatives promise Wi-Fi
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🌸 A Walk Through Paradise | Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC 🌿✨
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🌸 A Walk Through Paradise | Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC 🌿✨ #travel #gardens #wonderland
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ATTACK OF THE KILLER QUEEN OMORI EDU
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🏛️✨ Exploring Victoria’s Beautiful Parliament Buildings! 🇨🇦
Kaydee Elyse ·
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🏛️✨ Exploring Victoria’s Beautiful Parliament Buildings! 🇨🇦
Kaydee Elyse ·
🎧 Victoria Podcasts
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The CHEK News Podcast
Your Island News for Saturday, October 10 ·
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The CHEK News Podcast
Your Island News for Friday, October 9 ·
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This is Vancouver Island
Health, taxes and the B.C. election ·
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BC Today
Two weeks until British Columbians head to the polls ·
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BC Today
Gardening with Brian Minter ·
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This is Vancouver Island
Politics and the municipality of Sayward ·
📷 Victoria Photos
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💡 Did You Know?
Trivia“Victoria's Chinatown is the oldest in Canada, dating back to 1858, and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco.”
Source: Tourism Victoria