Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is not a political entity but rather a group of thirteen different municipalities, which together form the core of the Capital Regional District.
These are broken down into:
- The four "core" munipalities: the City of Victoria and the District Municipalities of Saanich, Esquimalt, and Oak Bay;
- The Western Communities, which comprise the Town of View Royal and the District Municipalities of Colwood, Langford, Metchosin, and Sooke; and
- To the north of Victoria, up the Saanich Peninsula , are the District Municiaplities of Central Saanich (home to the Butchart Gardens), North Saanich , and Highlands and the Town of Sidney.
