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Victoria is located on the Southern tip of Vancouver Island, and is the capital of British
Columbia. It is western Canada's oldest city and is home to the
provincial legislature. Its Island location gives it both a temperate climate
and natural beauty The City of Victoria has a population of approximately
74,000, but over 300,000 live in the Victoria metropolitan area, which includes
several municipalities.
The climate makes the city a sports lover's paradise, with many activities
available year-round including golfing and most water sports (Canada's Olympic
rowing ream trains here). It has excellent sports facilities as a result of
hosting the Commonwealth Games a few years go. The city is home to University
of Victoria, in the community of Oak Bay, which attracts a lot of young adults to
this active city. Not far away are the unequaled splendours of Vancouver
Island's rugged west coast. Macleans magazine recently rated Victoria as the number
one city in Canada in which to locate a family business.
Governments at all levels provide a major employment base in the City with 18 of the largest
employers coming from the public sector. Many provincial government offices are
located in the city, and the Canadian military maintains its Pacific fleet at
Esquimalt. This provides for a very stable economic base in a province usually
affected by fluctuating resource prices.
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