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Craig Toker
Sales Representative
Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty
110-4460 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC V8X5J2
Office: 250-477-5353
Cell: 250-812-2601
craigtoker@royallepage.ca
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Victoria, BC
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada’s Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 80,017, while the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, has a population of 344,615, making it the 15th most populous Canadian urban region.
Victoria is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from BC’s largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Seattle by airplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry which operates daily, year round between Seattle and Victoria and 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Port Angeles, Washington by Coho ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and, at the time, British North America, Victoria is one of the oldest cities 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 British Columbia 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’s. The region’s Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before non-native settlement, possibly several thousand years earlier, which had large populations at the time of European exploration. Victoria, like many Vancouver Island communities, continues to have a sizeable First Nations presence, composed of peoples from all over Vancouver Island and beyond.
Known as the “City of Gardens”, Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination with a thriving technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry. The city has a large non-local student population, who come to attend the University of Victoria, Camosun College, Royal Roads University, the Sooke Schools International Programme and the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Victoria is very popular with boaters with its beautiful and rugged shorelines and beaches. Victoria is also popular with retirees, who come to enjoy the temperate and usually snow-free climate of the area as well as the usually relaxed pace of the city.
Community Links
Weather http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/canada/british-columbia/victoria
Greater Victoria Public Library http://www.gvpl.ca/
Victoria News http://www.vicnews.com/
Times Colonist http://www.timescolonist.com/
BC Local News http://www.bclocalnews.com/
Utilities
Water & Sewer City of Victoria http://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/departments/finance/property-taxes-utilities/utilities.html
Fortis BC http://www.fortisbc.com/
BC Hydro www.bchydro.com
Education
Public School Board Greater Victoria School District 61 https://www.sd61.bc.ca/
Catholic School Board Island Catholic Schools http://www.cisdv.bc.ca/
St. Michaels University School www.smus.ca
St. Margaret’s School www.stmarg.ca
Glenlyon Norfolk School http://www.mygns.ca/
Greater Victoria Christian Academy
Colleges & Universities
UWC Pearson College http://www.pearsoncollege.ca/
University of Victoria http://www.uvic.ca/
Camosun College http://camosun.ca/
Royal Roads University http://www.royalroads.ca/
University Canada West http://www.ucanwest.ca/
The Victoria College of Art http://www.vca.ca/
Royal Roads Military College http://www.royalroads.ca/
Medical
The BC College of Physicians and Surgeons (To find a physician)
Web: www.cpsbc.ca
BC Nurseline
Telephone: 1-866-215-4700
Vancouver: (604) 215-4700
Deaf and hearing-impaired and toll-free province-wide: 1-866-TTY-4700
BC Medical Services Plan (MSP)
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/msp/infoben/eligible.html#enroll
Medical Centres & Clinics
Victoria General Hospital http://www.vgh.mb.ca/
http://www.viha.ca/locations/victoria_general_hospital.htm
Royal Jubilee Hospital http://www.viha.ca/locations/royal_jubilee_hospital.htm
Glengarry Hospital http://www.viha.ca/hcc/residential/locations/glengarry.htm
Shelbourne Medical Clinic http://shelbournemedicalclinic.com/
Tillicum Medical clinic http://tillicummedicalclinic.ca/
Burnside Family Medical clinic http://www.burnsideclinic.ca/
Uptown Medical Clinic http://uptownmedicalclinic.ca/
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