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The Public Works Department was a government agency which operated in Victoria between 1855 and 1987. [1] Over its long history, the department had various responsibilities, many of which were later devolved to other departments or authorities. These included: [1]
Victoria City Hall is the city hall for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the corner of Douglas Street and Pandora Avenue adjacent to the CTV Vancouver Island studios and the McPherson Playhouse in downtown Victoria. It is home to the Victoria City Council. It was completed in 1890.
The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,410/sq mi). [10] Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland.
Application fees are payable for most matters that are brought to VCAT. Hearing fees are also payable on the day of the hearing in some circumstances. To resolve disputes without the need for a full hearing, VCAT conducts compulsory conferences, mediations, and hearings on the papers (where members make decisions on cases based solely on lodged ...
Transport in the City of Kingston (Victoria) (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "City of Kingston (Victoria)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The 79th LGA was created in 2002 when the Shire of Delatite was split into the Rural City of Benalla and the Shire of Mansfield. [12] A new City of Sunbury was proposed to be created from part of the City of Hume after the 2016 council elections, but this was abandoned by the Victorian Government in October 2015. [15] [16]
Many places, buildings, and institutions associated with Victoria such as the University of Victoria, Victoria International Airport, and BC Ferries Swartz Bay ferry terminal, are outside the City of Victoria itself, which has an area of just 19.5 km 2 (7.5 sq mi) on the southern tip of Greater Victoria. Victoria is the locality indicated in ...
Victoria Harbour was recognized as a Migratory Bird Sanctuary in 1923. [28] The Upper and Lower Thetis Lakes, which discharge into Portage Inlet, were Canada's first nature sanctuary in 1958. [83] In 1965 the city of Victoria started using the former Mud Bay on the south shore of Victoria West as a garbage dump.