Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the seventh most densely populated city in Canada with 4,406 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,410/sq mi).
Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100Â km (62Â mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100Â km (62Â mi) from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and 40Â km (25Â mi) from Port Angeles, Washington, by the ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.