Victoria, Vancouver Island

Victoria is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Vancouver Island, located at the southern end of the province's namesake main island. With a metropolitan population of approximately 855,000, Victoria is home to over a third the island's total population, which itself represents at least 95% of the total provincial population. The city is named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Victoria is also the administrative seat of Esquimalt County, one of the ten counties of Vancouver Island.