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Hand-drawn panorama of Victoria's Inner Harbour — lighthouse and cherry blossom on the left, a ferry on the water, Parliament and the park on the right.
Issue 1,276 · Friday, July 17, 2026PrivacyTermsEthics© Capital Daily Media Ltd. Victoria, BC

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Culture.

Museums, galleries, performance spaces, and indoor plans in Victoria.

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Royal BC Museum

A classic rainy-day anchor for exhibits, kids, and visiting relatives.

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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

A Rockland art gallery for exhibitions, collections, and events.

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Belfry Theatre

A Fernwood theatre for contemporary plays and local performance nights.

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Maritime Museum of BC

A maritime museum focused on BC's coastal histories and cultures.

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Miniature World

A downtown miniature attraction for families, visitors, and nostalgic locals.

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Victoria Bug Zoo

A small downtown attraction for insects, arachnids, and curious kids.

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Food & Drink

Food & Drink

Best dinners under $25 in Victoria

Most of Victoria's best cheap dinners sit on a few low-rent streets: Fisgard in Chinatown, the Quadra strip, and the quieter end of Yates. Here's where to go, what to order, and what it really costs once tax and tip land.

Updated July 17, 2026

Local Business

Local Business

Victoria Local Business Atlas

Victoria runs on small business: about a hundred thousand of them, most with no employees at all. Downtown, the old core is quietly losing its century-old shops. This guide covers which ones are still open, which ones just left, and what that says about where the city's business is heading.

Updated July 17, 2026

Civic Life

Civic Life

The Future of Victoria

Victoria can only grow two ways now: older and denser. It has the oldest average age of any big Canadian city, the highest share of residents over 80, and the fault offshore last ruptured 325 years ago. This guide covers the three things already shaping the next Victoria: an aging population, density with nowhere to go but up, and an earthquake risk nobody has budgeted for.

Updated July 17, 2026

Housing

Housing

The Victoria housing guide

Good places here rent in days, sometimes hours. This guide covers where listings actually show up, what each neighbourhood is really like, what you'll pay, and the rights you have whether or not the landlord brings them up.

Updated July 17, 2026

Travel

Travel

Weekend Getaways From Victoria

Short trips that actually work from Victoria: ferry math, shoulder-season timing, and the reason to go.

Updated July 17, 2026