Downtown Victoria

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48°25′35″N 123°21′54″W / 48.42639°N 123.36500°W / 48.42639; -123.36500

Downtown Victoria
Downtown Area
Downtown Victoria looking up Douglas Street
Downtown Victoria looking up Douglas Street
Map
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
MunicipalityVictoria
CommunityVictoria
Area
[1]
 • Total
8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
40,681
 • Density5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Canadian Postal code
V
Area code250

Downtown Victoria is a neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the city centre and the central business district for the City of Victoria, and the Greater Victoria regions.

Characteristics

The Gate of Harmonious Interest in Chinatown, a neighbourhood situated in Downtown Victoria

The downtown area is an extremely popular place for tourists and local Victorians as that is where many of the movie theatres, stage theatres, hotels, restaurants, pubs, night clubs, and shops are. Many tourist attractions are located in and around the area including Bastion Square, heart of the 19th-century city's professional district. Centennial Square is next to Victoria City Hall; it is used for small venue events such as the Electronic Music Festival, which takes place during the same time period as the BC Day statutory holiday and Symphony Splash. Market Square, towards the northwest end of downtown, is used for small venue concerts and festivals, containing shopping establishments and eateries and is part of the city's "Old Town". Just beyond Market Square and Old Town which is the cultural and historic Chinatown which forms part of the northern end of downtown Victoria. It has a colourful Chinese historical past from the early days of Victoria.

Downtown Victoria contains most of Greater Victoria's and the Capital Regional District's urban high rise office towers.

The Bay Centre shopping mall is located in the middle of downtown. Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, located on the site of the former Victoria Memorial Arena, is the largest sports-entertainment multiplex on Vancouver Island and the second largest in British Columbia outside of the Greater Vancouver area.[citation needed]

Attractions

Places of Interest

The Inner Harbour and The Empress Hotel (centre background), two major attractions in Downtown

Events

Major skyscrapers and buildings

The skyline of Downtown Victoria at night

This list ranks notable highrises in downtown Victoria that stand at least 50 metres (164 ft) tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank Building Image Height
m (ft)		 Floors Year Notes Ref
1 Hudson Place One
(Residential)		 85.03 m (279.0 ft) 25 2020 Tallest building in Victoria and Vancouver Island as of 2020. [3][4]
2 Hudson House
(Residential)		 71.73 m (235.3 ft) 23 2022 Previously known as Hudson Place Two during development. [5]
3 Promontory
(Residential)		 66.45 m (218.0 ft) 21 2014 Tallest building in Victoria from 2014 to 2019. [6][7]
4 Orchard House
(Residential)		 61.9 m (203 ft) 22 1969 Tallest building in Victoria from 1969 to 2014. [8][9]
5 Astoria

(Residential)

Street view of The Astoria. 61 m (200 ft) 20 2006 [10]
6 Roberts House
(Residential)		 Street view of Roberts House. 59 m (194 ft) 21 1973 [11]
7 Sussex Place
(Office)		 Street view of Sussex Place office tower. 58.4 m (192 ft) 11 1995 [12]
8 DoubleTree by Hilton
(Hotel)		 Street view of the hotel DoubleTree by Hilton. 58 m (190 ft) 19 1965 Tallest building in Victoria. from 1965 to 1969. Formerly called the Executive House Hotel. [13]
9 View Towers
(Residential)		 View Towers apartment complex. 57 m (187 ft) 19 1968 [14]
10 North Park Manor
(Residential)		 North Park Manor apartment complex. 57 m (187 ft) 16 1975 [15]
11= Encore
(Residential)		 Encore at Bayview Place condominium. 56 m (184 ft) 17 2018 [16]
11= Fannin Building
(Museum)		 Royal British Columbia Museum Fannin Building. 56 m (184 ft) 13 1967 [17]
13= 989 Johnson 54 m (177 ft) 17 2019 [18][19]
13= The Falls
(Residential)		 Street view of The Falls condominium. 54 m (177 ft) 18 2009 [20]
13= The Manhattan
(Residential)		 The Manhattan condominium in Victoria, BC. 54 m (177 ft) 15 1995 [21]
13= Regents Park East
(Residential)		 Regents Park East tower condominium in Victoria, BC. 54 m (177 ft) 18 1991 [22]
17 Legato
(Residential)		 The Legato condominium in Victoria, BC. 52.2 m (171 ft) 17 2018 [23]
18= Bank of Commerce Tower
(Office)		 Street view of the Bank of Commerce Tower. 50 m (160 ft) 12 1969 [24]
18= Chateau Victoria Hotel
(Mixed use)		 Chateau Victoria Hotel in Victoria, BC. 50 m (160 ft) 18 1990 [25]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Defining Canada's Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries" (PDF). www150.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Defining Canada's Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries" (PDF). www150.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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  4. ^ "At 22 of its 25-storeys, Hudson Place One condo tower stands as Victoria's tallest building - Citified.ca". victoria.citified.ca. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Astoria". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  11. ^ "Roberts House". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  12. ^ "Sussex Place". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  14. ^ "View Towers". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  15. ^ "North Park Manor". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  16. ^ "Encore". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  17. ^ "Fanin Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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  19. ^ "989 Johnson". Citified. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  20. ^ "The Falls". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  21. ^ "The Manhattan". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  22. ^ "Regents Park East". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  23. ^ "Legato". Citified. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  24. ^ "Bank of Commerce Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  25. ^ "Chateau Victoria Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012.