Victoria

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

6
183/265
Details
Large apartment$1700.00
Medium apartment$1300.00
Rent index [score]0.55
Small apartment$920.00

Cost of Living

6
130/248
Details
5km taxi ride$8.80
A Cappuccino$3.50
A beer$2.60
A kilogram of Apples$3.00
Bread$1.20
Inflation [score]0.57
Lunch$14.00
Monthly fitness club membership$40.00
Monthly public transport$72.00
Movie ticket$9.20
Price of a meal at a restaurant$62.06

Startups

4
116/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups3
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.32
Coworking spaces [score]0.74
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co14
Meetups [score]0.23
Meetups groups52
Meetups members12463
Number of investors22
Number of startup events in the last 12 months108
Number of upcoming meetup events16
Startup climate scene [score]0.46
Startup events22
Startup events [score]0.44
Startups [score]0.57
Total number of startups126

Venture Capital

3
108/192
Details
Venture capital [score]0.27

Travel Connectivity

1
213/266
Details
Airport hub24
Airport hub [score]0.18
Intercity train connectivity [score]0.12

Commute

5
114/255
Details
Traffic handling [score]0.77

Business Freedom

9
48/264
Details
Business freedom81.80
Business freedom [score]0.80
Freedom from corruption81.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.89
Lack of labor restrictions72.60
Lack of labor restrictions [score]0.67
Time to open a business1.50
Time to open a business [score]1.00

Safety

8
90/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.73
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year2
Guns per 100 residents31
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.95
Lack of guns [score]0.83
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.89

Healthcare

9
117/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.91
Healthcare quality [score]0.72
Life expectancy (years)82.17
Life expectancy [score]0.93

Education

5
57/240
Details
Best university in rankingUniversity of Victoria
Best university ranking325
Country mean scores in PISA math test515.43
Country mean scores in PISA reading test523.12
Country mean scores in PISA science test525.44
PISA math ranking (high school)9
PISA ranking5
PISA ranking (high school) [score]0.97
PISA reading (high school)2
PISA science (high school)6
Percent of happy students0.79
Percent of low performers in PISA math test0.14
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test0.11
Percent of low performers in PISA science test0.10
Percent of top performers in PISA math test0.16
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test0.13
Percent of top performers in PISA science test0.11
University quality [score]0.11

Environmental Quality

9
8/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.92
Cleanliness [score]0.99
Drinking water quality [score]0.89
Urban greenery [score]0.92

Economy

6
92/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area1.27
Currency for urban areaCAD
GDP growth rate0.03
GDP growth rate [score]0.45
GDP per capita$44843.44
GDP per capita [score]0.72

Taxation

7
21/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]0.96
Income tax level [score]0.50
Profit tax (% of profit)0.21
Time overhead to file company taxes131
VAT (Sales Tax)0.05

Internet Access

6
73/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)70.20
Internet access (download) [score]0.74
Internet access (upload) [score]0.50
Upload speed (Mbps)12.04

Leisure & Culture

5
195/264
Details
Art galleries62
Art galleries [score]0.34
Cinemas14
Cinemas [score]0.33
Comedy clubs5
Comedy clubs [score]0.36
Concert venues43
Concerts [score]0.51
Historical sites25
Historical sites [score]0.50
Museums9
Museums [score]0.41
Performing art venues59
Performing arts [score]0.37
Sport venues6
Sports [score]0.44
Zoos2
Zoos [score]0.59

Tolerance

9
23/266
Details
Homosexuality acceptance (percent of the surveyed population in favor)0.80
LGBT Equality Index82.02
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.84
LGBT adoption rights✔ Legal
LGBT age of consent✖ Unequal
LGBT blood donation regulations✖ Banned (5-year deferral)
LGBT conversion therapy regulationsVaries by Region
LGBT discrimination legalityIllegal in some contexts
LGBT employment discrimination legalitySexual orientation only
LGBT gender changing rightsVaries by Region
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legalityVaries by Region
LGBT marriage rights✔ Legal
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.92

Outdoors

4
163/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.16
Median peak in meters266.00
Presence of hills in city1.00
Presence of mountains in city1.00
Seaside access1.00
Urban area elevation (meters)10.00
Water access [score]0.71
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Victoria are in the 130th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$1,600$1,800
$1700
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$40
Movie ticket$9
Broadband internet connection$51
Monthly public transport$72
Lunch$14
-31%
compared to
San Francisco
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Job salary calculator

Software Engineer salaries in Victoria are above average. For this job type, Victoria ranks 85th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Victoria.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$55,454
Median salary
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Locals review Victoria

Do locals recommend living in Victoria?

What could Victoria do better?#improveVictoria

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Taxation

Personal taxation

Effective income tax rate

16%
For annual salary of $40000
20%
For annual salary of $80000

Value added tax (VAT)

5%
Standard tax rate. Different rates might apply for certain product categories.

Compared to other cities

60/266

Corporate taxation

Compared to other cities

10/263
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Safety

Gun crimes & Ownership

30.80
Guns per 100 people
1.97
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
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Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Victoria in position 78 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

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Visa

For visits up to 90 days

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Startup Visa

Start-up visa
Investment requiredFunding providedDuration
YesNoPermanent
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People in Victoria

Population of Victoria

307,600
1,994 /km²
64/264
Density (people per unit of area)
3%
Growth in 2015-2020
Victoria

Demographics of Canada

Median age
42
Elderly people
18%
Life expectancy at birth
82
GDP per capita (in USD)
$44,843
109/263
Unemployment
7%
177/264

Languages

English proficiency score
100
1/228
Common spoken languages
English
French

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Teleport Users  X  Victoria

Teleport users who are      Victoria

Work in:

IT Manager
4.00%
UX Designer
4.00%
Graphic Designer
4.00%
Software Engineer
4.00%
Teacher
4.00%
Office Manager
2.00%
Marketing Manager
2.00%
Other
76.00%

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Climate

Average number of days per year without rain

213.1

Climate type

Mediterranean

Average daily maximum temperature

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On living in Victoria

Victoria , the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, is on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 85,792, while the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria has a population of 383,360, making it the 15th most populous Canadian metropolitan area. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 people per square kilometre, which is a greater population density than Toronto, Ontario.

Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada, and is about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 km (60 mi) from Seattle by airplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry which operates daily, year round between Seattle and Victoria, and 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and, at the time, British North America, Victoria is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, Legislative buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) and the Empress hotel (opened in 1908). The city's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America after San Francisco's. The region's Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before non-native settlement, possibly several thousand years earlier, which had large populations at the time of European exploration.

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Good Country Index

Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

Overall ranking

Canada
12th from a total of 163 countries

World Order

8th

Refugees hosted

Refugees generated

Charity giving

Birth rate

UN Treaties signed

International Peace & Security

36th

Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

International violent conflict

Peacekeeping troops

Arms exports

Internet security (2014)

Planet & Climate

29th

Ecological footprint

Reforestation since 1992

Hazardous pesticides exports

CO2 emissions

Ozone

Prosperity & Equality

24th

Development assistance

FDI outflows

Fairtrade market size

UN volunteers abroad

Open trading

Culture

22nd

Freedom of movement

Press freedom

Creative services exports

UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

Creative goods exports

Science & Technology

21st

Nobel prizes

Patents

Journal exports

International publications

International Students

Health & Wellbeing

3rd

Pharmaceutical exports

Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

Food aid

Humanitarian aid donations

International Health Regulations Compliance

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