An organization containing the accompanying joined regions: the urban communities of Victoria, Colwood and Langford; the towns of Sidney and View Royal; and the regions of Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sooke, Metchosin and Highlands and the Greater Victoria exists in the Capital Regional District CRD.
The Victoria city is situated on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 100 km south of Vancouver and it is occupying a peninsular site, Victoria is bordered by the Juan de Fuca and Haro straits.Victoria is incorporated as a city in 1862 and the population is 85,792 and this is the capital of British Columbia.
Additionally, the Olympic Mountains lie to the south, the San Juan Islands to the east, and the fjord-like Saanich Inlet and richly forested Malahat Ridge and Sooke Hills to the west.