Victoria metropolitan area

E38367

metropolitan area urban area

The Victoria metropolitan area is a coastal urban region centered on British Columbia’s capital city of Victoria, known for its mild climate, historic architecture, and role as a major cultural and economic hub on Canada’s Pacific coast.

Aliases (2)

Greater Victoria ×7
Greater Victoria region ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area → urban area →
capitalOfProvince	Victoria →
climateType	temperate oceanic climate →
country	Canada →
countrySubdivision	province of British Columbia →
governingBody	Capital Regional District →
hasAirport	Victoria International Airport →
hasAttraction	British Columbia Parliament Buildings → Butchart Gardens → Inner Harbour → Royal BC Museum →
hasCoreCity	Victoria →
hasFerryConnectionTo	Seattle → Vancouver →
hasMunicipality	Central Saanich → Colwood → Esquimalt → Langford → North Saanich → Oak Bay → Saanich → Sidney → Victoria → View Royal →
hasPort	Victoria Harbour →
isCoastal	true →
isCulturalCenterOf	Vancouver Island →
isEconomicCenterOf	Vancouver Island →
knownFor	government services → historic architecture → mild climate → technology sector → tourism →
language	English →
locatedIn	British Columbia →
locatedInRegion	South Vancouver Island → Vancouver Island region →
locatedOn	Vancouver Island →
locatedOnCoastOf	Pacific Ocean →
majorEconomicSector	education → health care → high technology → public administration → tourism →
partOf	Capital Regional District →
populationRankInBC	one of the largest metropolitan areas in British Columbia →
provinceCapital	British Columbia →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Butchart Gardens ("Greater Victoria") → Esquimalt ("Greater Victoria") → Royal Roads University ("Greater Victoria") → Scia’new (Beecher Bay) First Nation ("Greater Victoria region") →	locatedIn
Canada West Coast →	hasPart
1994 Commonwealth Games ("Greater Victoria") →	hostedInRegion
CFB Esquimalt ("Greater Victoria") →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Esquimalt →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Victoria International Airport ("Greater Victoria") →	serves
Craigdarroch Castle ("Greater Victoria") →	tourismRegion