Victoria, British Columbia The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Victoria, British Columbia

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 120 km² in 1971 to 233 km² in 2011, an increase of 95%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 121 km² in 1971 to 240 km² in 2011, an increase of 98%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (94%), water (3%) and other (4%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 31 km² of arable land and 87 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 74.2% was forest, 15.8% was natural land for pasture and 9.9% was other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 73% from 199,487 to 344,615 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 148% from 67,505 to 167,229 between 1971 and 2011.

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