View Royal

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Town in British Columbia, Canada

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::summary Town in British Columbia, Canada ::

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leader_nameView Royal Town Council
leader_title1Mayor
leader_name1Sid Tobias
leader_title2MP
leader_name2Stephanie McLean (Liberal)
leader_title3MLA
leader_name3Darlene Rotchford (NDP)
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History

European settlement began in the 1850s by Kenneth Mackenzie who established a farm known as Craigflower Manor. In the mid-19th century, Dr. John Helmcken, Vancouver Island's first doctor and later speaker of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly, paid the Hudson's Bay Company $5 per acre for hundreds of acres of land between Esquimalt Harbour and what is now Victoria General Hospital. The land was cleared for Victoria's growth. In 1912, the Island Investment Company bought 80 acres of land below Four Mile Hill, fronting the harbour, from Dr. Helmcken’s son James. They marketed lots as "View Royal" because of their "royal view", which gave the town its name.

View Royal remained unorganized for over half a century. By the 1950s, things had begun to change. In 1959, a group of residents in the Shoreline Drive area circulated a petition urging annexation by Esquimalt. Several studies and referendums came and went, but View Royal continued with its unorganized status. In 1966, the Capital Regional District emerged, bringing with it regional approaches for such service deliveries as sewage collection. Then a Price Waterhouse study presented three options: status quo, union with Esquimalt, or incorporation as a town. The town’s incorporation became official on December 5, 1988.

Many historic sites still exist in View Royal, including:

  • Four Mile Pub & Six Mile Pub: two historic "road houses" or pubs that have existed for approximately 150 years.
  • Craigflower Manor & Schoolhouse: one of Canada's National Historic Sites. Completed in 1856, the Manor site was one of four original farms set up by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of their obligations in settling Vancouver Island. The site housed the McKenzie family in the Manor as well as twenty other dwellings, a sawmill, a flour mill, a blacksmith's shop, a brick kiln, a slaughterhouse, and a general store. The Craigflower Schoolhouse, the companion adjacent site to the Manor, is located across a municipal border. The two properties are located at the intersection of Admirals Road, Craigflower Road, and Island Highway.

Several changes have gone on in View Royal in recent years, including the completion of the Island Highway Improvement Project in 2011, which included new cycle lanes, sidewalks, turning lanes, and planted medians. Beginning in 2013, the Town of View Royal and District of Saanich replaced the 80-year-old Craigflower Bridge and approach roads, and construction began on the new Public Safety Building, completed in fall 2014.

Geography

View Royal is divided into eight neighbourhoods based on topography, transportation corridors, natural environment, and the age of housing stock. These neighbourhoods are Atkins, Burnside, Craigflower, Harbour, Helmcken, Hospital, Thetis, and Wilfert.

View Royal has 70 municipal parks and 25 km of trails. View Royal's shoreline includes sandy beaches with small caves, large driftwood, and rocks, which are home to starfish, crabs, seals, and other marine life.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, View Royal had a population of 11,575 living in 4,915 of its 5,175 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,408. With a land area of 14.33 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In 2011, there were almost 4,140 housing units in the town with a median population age of 44.1 years, which compares to the CRD at 44.8.

|title = Historical census populations – View Royal |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = |footnote = |source = Statistics Canada | 1986 |4963 | 1991 |5925 | 1996 |6441 | 2001 |7271 | 2006 |8768 | 2011 |9381 | 2016 |10408 | 2021 |11575

Ethnicity

::data[format=table title="[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the Town of View Royal (2001−2021)"] | Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Total responses | 11,260 | 9,910 | 9,245 | 8,675 | 7,260 | Total population | 11,575 | 10,408 | 9,381 | 8,768 | 7,271 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | European | 8,610 | | 8,045 | | 8,085 | | 7,710 | | 6,490 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indigenous | 670 | | 435 | | 250 | | 160 | | 180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Asian | 655 | | 565 | | 415 | | 215 | | 190 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | East Asian | 615 | | 350 | | 210 | | 250 | | 190 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Southeast Asian | 270 | | 200 | | 170 | | 65 | | 85 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | African | 205 | | 135 | | 20 | | 130 | | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Middle Eastern | 105 | | 45 | | 15 | | 30 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Latin American | 100 | | 90 | | 45 | | 110 | | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other/Multiracial | 30 | | 35 | | 0 | | 10 | | 45 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in View Royal included:

Notes

References

References

  1. "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address". British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development.
  2. {{SCref. (2021)
  3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-02-09). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - View Royal, Town (T) [Census subdivision], British Columbia".
  4. Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse, B.C. Ministry of Tourism and Culture website [http://www.tca.gov.bc.ca/heritage/historic_sites/craigflower.htm retrieved 21-09-10]
  5. "Archives & Heritage".
  6. [http://www.viewroyal.ca Annual Report - Year Ended 2011]
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141021121419/http://craigflowerbridge.com/ Craigflower Bridge Replacement Project] {{webarchive. link. (October 21, 2014)
  8. [https://www.viewroyalfire.com New Public Safety Building]
  9. [http://www.viewroyal.ca Annual Report - Year Ended 2013]
  10. (8 February 2012). "2011 Census Profile".
  11. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
  12. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
  13. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-08-20). "2006 Community Profiles".
  14. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2019-07-02). "2001 Community Profiles".

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