Esquimalt

Esquimalt occupies the deep, sheltered harbour just west of downtown Victoria, home to CFB Esquimalt, the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific Fleet base, and some of the region's best value waterfront living.

CFB Esquimalt anchors the local economy and community identity, one of Canada's two major naval bases, and the surrounding streets house generations of navy families alongside a growing wave of newer condo development along the harbour.

Saxe Point and Macaulay Point Parks offer dramatic rocky shoreline walks with views across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gorge waterway's calm, tidal channel gives paddlers and rowers protected water minutes from downtown Victoria.

Esquimalt's harbourfront location and proximity to downtown make it one of Greater Victoria's more affordable municipalities for condos and older character homes, appealing to first time buyers and downsizers who want an urban, walkable setting.