Victoria & Vancouver Island Facts

Victoria:
• The Capital City of British Columbia
• Victoria area has the best all round climate in Canada
• Population of Victoria: 78,000 - Greater Victoria: 338,000
• Click to view a detailed map of Downtown Victoria.

Click here for our Salt Spring Island and Gulf Islands information page

Vancouver Island:
• Southern Vancouver Island area offers some of the best boating waters in North America
• The largest Island on the North American West Coast
• 12,408 square miles (32,134 square kilometres)
• 282 miles (454 kilometres) long
• 62 miles (100 kilometres) wide
• 2,150 miles (3,440 kilometres) of coastline
• Plus 1,550 miles (2,480 kilometres) of shoreline on adjacent islands
• 24 miles (38 kilometres) from mainland British Columbia (Tsawwassen)
• 70 miles (113 kilometres) from Seattle, Washington
• Population approximately 600,000

British Columbia:
• Capital: Victoria
• Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendor Without Diminishment)
• Flower: Pacific Dogwood
• Animal: Spirit Bear
• Bird: Steller’s Jay
• Tree: Red Cedar
• Stone: BC Jade
• Population: 4,300,000 (2005 approx.)
• Size: 947,800 square kilometres (365,974 square miles)

Distances from Vancouver Island (via Ferry):
• Victoria to Seattle: 113 kilometres (70 miles)
• Victoria to Port Angeles: 32 kilometres (20 miles)
• Sidney to Anacortes: 58 kilometres (36 miles)
• Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen: 39 kilometres (24 miles)
• Nanaimo to Vancouver: 58 kilometres (36 miles)
• Comox to Powell River: 40 kilometres (25 miles)
• Kelsey Bay (north of Campbell River) to Prince Rupert: 531 kilometres (330 miles)

Victoria and Vancouver Island:
• Tourism Vancouver Island - General Community Information and Maps of Vancouver Island
• Click here for our Regional Links page
• Victoria weather forecast can be found here
• Pacific Northwest area map (pdf)
• Vancouver Island map (pdf courtesy of BC Ferries)
• Vancouver Island map #2