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Victoria British Columbia Canada

Victoria, British Columbia is vibrant city long known as a favorite retirement destination for Canadians. Victoria has the mildest climate in Canada with gardens blooming year-round. If offers the beauty of the Pacific coast and the adventure of the great outdoors are within the city limits and ocean and mountain vistas.

Its sub-Mediterranean climate, the mildest climate in Canada, averages 2,183 hours of sunshine each year, with flowers in bloom year-round and an eight month frost-free season. The mild spring can arrive as early as February. Each year in February Victoria hosts a flower count counting the number of flowers at over 5.3 billion blossoms last year - and visitors to Victoria are encouraged to join in the fun.
Summer temperatures range from 18° to 32°C (65° to 90°F). Victoria has low humidity and offshore breezes, summer days are not too hot and summer evenings cool. The average monthly rainfall in summer is less than 2.5 cm (1").

The average annual rainfall for Victoria is 66.5 cm (26.2"), which is substantially less rain than Vancouver, BC and Seattle, WA . Victoria receives rainfall during January, February and March, with occasional light snowfall. The average monthly rainfall in winter is 5 cm (2") and the average temperature in January is 3°C (38°F). Although winters are mild and rarely include snow, warmer clothing is recommended between the months of November and March.

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a global tourism destination seeing more than 3.65 million visitors a year who inject more than one billion dollars into the local economy. It is a frequent port for Cruise Ships.
.The History of Victoria

In the spring of 1778, Captain James Cook became the first non-aboriginal man to set foot on what is now British Columbia, Canada. The beauty and mild climate popularized the fur trade leading to numerous companies coming to British Columbia to make their fortunes. The Hudson’s Bay company received the whole of Vancouver Island by royal grant dated January 13, 1849. The grant stipulated that colonization should be undertaken. By midsummer, James Douglas was in residence at Fort Victoria to begin the task with the assistance of his fur trade colleagues.

In 1852, the name Victoria was adopted for the townsite that developed around Fort Victoria. Victoria was incorporated as a city on August 2, 1862. Mr. Thomas Harris was elected, by acclamation, as Victoria’s first Mayor, on August 16, 1862. The first City Council meeting was held on August 25, 1862, and was presided over by Mayor Harris.
Victoria’s history is steeped in a rich First Nations culture dating back long before Captain Cooke’s time. There First Nations dialects were spoken in the area. There are many opportunities to learn about the First Nations culture and history when you visit Victoria.

The Salish First Nations people boast a rich heritage in the area. The Wawadit'la, also known as Mungo Martin House, a Kwakwaka'wakw "big house", with heraldic pole. Built by Chief Mungo Martin in 1953. Located at Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia tells the stories of the past.

With the discovery of gold on the British Columbia mainland in 1858, Victoria became the port, supply base, and outfitting centre for miners on their way to the Fraser Canyon gold fields, mushrooming from a population of 300 to over 5000 literally within a few days.
Early visitors such as Rudyard Kipling, the opening of the popular Butchart Gardens in 1904 and the construction of the Empress Hotel by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1908 brought early tourists. Robert Dunsmuir, a leading industrialist whose interests included coal mines and a railway on Vancouver Island, constructed Craigdarroch Castle in the Rockland area, near the official residence of the province's lieutenant-governor. His son James Dunsmuir became premier and subsequently lieutenant-governor of the province and built his own grand residence at Hatley Park (used for several decades as Royal Roads Military College, now civilian Royal Roads University) in the present City of Colwood.

Victoria Today

Located on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the city of Victoria has a population of 78,659. The Capital Regional District of Victoria has a population of 330,000 and is the largest urban area on Vancouver Island. It is Canada’s 15th largest urban area. Victoria has one of the highest senior populations in Canada.

More than 6.5% of the population of Victoria is over 80 years of age and 17.8% are over 65. The only Canadian Cities with higher percentages of seniors are Peterborough, Ontario and Kelowna, BC.

Victoria’s Economy

The chief industries are tourism, education, federal and provincial administration and services. If you take the Canadian Forces base at Esquimalt, the University of Victoria, the Medical Services Plan, and Elections BC into consideration a vast majority of employees in Victoria are civil servants or public sector employees.

Technology is fast becoming a secondary industry to the economy of Victoria. The real estate economy of Victoria is booming in Victoria, as it reflects the high cost of housing and booming markets in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

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