Victoria is the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and together with neighbouring municipalities, is the second most populous city in the province after Vancouver. This situated at the southern Vancouver Island.
Lies in the same city of Victoria 74100 people. The population of the metropolitan area of the Capital Regional District (district regional capital) exceeds 335000. The district covers 13 counties over some of the different islands in the Gulf that are located in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver.
As the capital city, its economy se basa en el apparatus of the provincial government and local universities. Besides tourism is important to the economy.
It was erected by the Company of Hudson Bay in 1843 into a fortress called Camosun traditional territory of indigenous Songhe, tribe whose language belonged to the Salish language family. The name of the fortress was soon to change Victoria. In 1862 he gave the city category. In the beginning was the colonial capital of Victoria on Vancouver Island, then became a provincial capital in 1866 when it joined the colony of Vancouver Island with the mainland colony of British Columbia.
