Downtown Victoria


Downtown Victoria is a neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the city centre and the central business district for the City of Victoria, and the Greater Victoria regions.

Characteristics

The downtown area is an extremely popular place for tourists and local Victorians as that is where many of the movie theatres, stage theatres, hotels, restaurants, pubs, night clubs, and shops are. Many tourist attractions are located in and around the area including Bastion Square, heart of the 19th-century city's professional district. Centennial Square is next to Victoria City Hall; it is used for small venue events such as the Electronic Music Festival, which takes place during the same time period as the BC Day statutory holiday and Symphony Splash. Market Square, towards the northwest end of downtown, is used for small venue concerts and festivals, containing shopping establishments and eateries and is part of the city's "Old Town". Just beyond Market Square and Old Town which is the cultural and historic Chinatown which forms part of the northern end of downtown Victoria. It has a colourful Chinese historical past from the early days of Victoria.
Downtown Victoria contains most of Greater Victoria's and the Capital Regional District's urban high rise office towers.
The Bay Centre shopping mall is located in the middle of downtown. Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, located on the site of the former Victoria Memorial Arena, is the largest sports-entertainment multiplex on Vancouver Island and the second largest in British Columbia outside of the Greater Vancouver area.

Attractions

Places of Interest

This list ranks notable highrises in downtown Victoria that stand at least 50 metres tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
RankBuildingImageHeight
m 		FloorsYearNotes
1Hudson Place One
252020Tallest building in Victoria and Vancouver Island as of 2020.
2Hudson House
232022Previously known as Hudson Place Two during development.
3Promontory
212014Tallest building in Victoria from 2014 to 2019.
4Orchard House
221969Tallest building in Victoria from 1969 to 2014.
5Astoria
202006
6Roberts House
211973
7Sussex Place
111995
8DoubleTree by Hilton
191965Tallest building in Victoria. from 1965 to 1969. Formerly called the Executive House Hotel.
9View Towers
191968
10North Park Manor
161975
11=Encore
172018
11=Fannin Building
131967
13=989 Johnson172019
13=The Falls
182009
13=The Manhattan
151995
13=Regents Park East
181991
17Legato
172018
18=Bank of Commerce Tower
121969
18=Chateau Victoria Hotel
181990