The city, by neighbourhood.
Every neighbourhood has its own living page — stories filed from inside it, food picks within walking distance, and the institutions that hold it together.
~12,400
Downtown
The seat of government, the working harbour, and most of the city's late-night life — packed into thirty walkable blocks.
~8,800
Fernwood
A village pocketed inside the city. Arts everywhere, infill arguments louder than the cafes.
~11,200
James Bay
Where the harbour ends and the residential city begins. Tourists in summer, locals year-round.
~14,600
Fairfield
Heritage houses, Cook Street boulevard, the cemetery walk. The most consistently green of the central neighbourhoods.
~18,200
Oak Bay
Its own municipality, technically. Tweed jackets, sea-walled gardens, and the most stubborn village high street in the region.
~7,400
Vic West
Across the bridge: new towers next to railway lands, a working harbour, and the start of the Galloping Goose.