Series consists of reports, correspondence, and a petition pertaining to the Cadillac Fairview development of the Victoria Eaton Centre.
Victoria (B.C.). City Manager's OfficeSeries consists of monthly reports submitted by the Engineering Department to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
The information provided includes (where appropriate) name of building owner or applicant, location, type of use, kind of work to be done, value of construction, and number of new dwellings created.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of correspondence, reports, and plans of this special committee of Council, which was created to investigate proposals for a new City Hall.
Victoria (B.C.). Special City Hall Building CommitteeSeries consists of minutes, correspondence, and reports of this subcommittee of Council's Group "B" Committee, which was created to investigate traffic and transportation issues and provide recommendations for changes to Council.
Victoria (B.C.). Traffic SubcommitteeSeries consists primarily of photographs of various homes and buildings around the City, including 1144 Queens with various running and non-running automobiles in the yard.
Victoria (B.C.). Building Inspector's DepartmentSeries consists of proposal with plan and photograph of a model for a space-needle-like tower called Skydeck.
Victoria (B.C.). City Clerk's OfficeSeries consists of a record of quotations received for materials considered for purchase by the City.
Does not include actual prices and suppliers, but rather consists of an index to such documents (see CR-0183, Tenders and quotations and CR-0246, Specifications). Describes the quotation number, date, department, and description of material. Includes an alphabetical list of suppliers ca. 1951-1956.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists of news clippings, copies of letters, memoranda, and notes pertaining to the official duties of William W. Northcott, who served the City of Victoria as Assessor, Building Inspector, Purchasing Agent, and Returning Officer.
Victoria (B.C.). Assessor's OfficeSeries consists of letters and reports sent outward from the Plumbing and Sewerage Inspector regarding the plumbing conditions of local buildings.
Victoria (B.C.). Plumbing and Sewerage Inspector's OfficeSeries consists of bylaws pertaining to estimated revenue and expenditures. Includes bylaws regarding taxes and rates on land and property, boulevards, street lighting, and other matters, as well as votes of funds for departmental and other expenditures.
Victoria (B.C.). Comptroller's OfficeSeries consists of specifications required for equipment, supplies, and services considered for purchase by the City. Also includes Finance Department sample forms. Most specifications indicate the tender number, providing cross references to CR-0236 (Quotation record book) and CR-0183 (Tenders and quotations).
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists of a journal describing details of printing services and supplies purchased by the City.
Each entry describes the supplier, details of the service or product, and the cost.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists of a register of agreements and leases between the City and various parties.
Part of single volume including CR-0256, 0258, and 0259; located at pp. 82-99 (agreements 1-380, 1892-1927) and pp. 122-154 (agreements 380-471, 1927-1956).
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of a log of tenders received by the City for various goods and services.
Includes information on what the tender is about, the date and time it was received, who it was from, who received it, and the date it was submitted to Council.
Victoria (B.C.). Purchasing DepartmentSeries consists of an index to local improvement bylaws pertaining to street work such as sewers, paving, lighting, and sidewalks.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of correspondence, reports, contracts, agreements, tenders, specifications, and resolutions apparently removed by the City Clerk's Office and retained in groupings by topic.
Material pertains to public utilities, transportation, and the B.C. Electric Railway Company (1938-1939); the Victoria and Sidney Railway 1892-1906); and the Songhees Indian Reserve (1884-1906).
Series forms part of earlier City of Victoria Archives' "Series IV, Special Reports and Projects," for which an item list is available.
Victoria (B.C.). City CouncilSeries consists of minutes, reports, and correspondence of the Court of Revision pertaining to appeals regarding tax assessments on land and improvements.
Victoria (B.C.). Court of RevisionSeries consists of a typewritten copy of the assessment roll indexed alphabetically by street.
Victoria (B.C.). Assessor's OfficeSeries consists of estimates and expenses regarding City buildings such as City Hall, fire halls, the market, the pound, and the Isolation Hospital, as well as Ross Bay Cemetery.
Originally from the office of W.W. Northcott.
Victoria (B.C.). Superintendent of Public Works' OfficeSeries consists of monthly payroll records for the Unemployment Relief Office.
Includes name of employee, position, monthly salary, deductions, and some remarks. Each volume includes a list of employees with addresses and telephone numbers at the end.
Victoria (B.C.). Unemployment Relief OfficeSeries consists of records pertaining to operation and maintenance of the Johnson Street Bridge. Includes correspondence, maintenance files, and cement test results.
Victoria (B.C.). Engineering DepartmentSeries consists of project documents related to reorganizing and renumbering the Assessors and Collectors rolls, including a conversion list of old and new roll numbers, correspondence, and plans showing the location of blocks within sub-districts.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of annual reports documenting the operations of the Department of Sports Facilities.
Victoria (B.C.). Department of Sports FacilitiesSeries consists primarily of individual photographs taken of each Mayor and group photographs of the Mayor and Council members generally at the beginning of each term in office. Series also includes other photographs featuring Mayor and Council.
Victoria (B.C.). Mayor's OfficeSeries consists of a daily journal of goods purchased by the City. Includes order number and account name, amount purchased, unit pricing, ledger category, and total price per order for journal entry.
Victoria (B.C.). Stores DepartmentSeries consists of occupancy records of burial plots in Ross Bay Cemetery. The series includes substantially the same information as that captured on the burial permit (CR-0235). Data elements include: permit number, name, age, where born, where died, day and hour of burial, clergyman, block and plot number, undertaker and remarks. The remarks section contains notes on the transfer of plots, reserve plots, exhumations, re-interments, and depths. A name index at the start of each volume gives a cross-reference to a folio in the volume.
The permit number system was not introduced until March 1884.
Victoria (B.C.). Parks DepartmentSeries consists of minutes of this special committee of Council.
Victoria (B.C.). Community Centres Advisory CommitteeSeries consists of minutes of meetings of this Board, comprised of City Councillors, which deliberated on issues pertaining to public works such as streets, buildings, land, and water.
Victoria (B.C.). Board of WorksSeries consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, and minutes of this task force charged by Council with reviewing and advising on the structure and membership of City committees.
Victoria (B.C.). Task Force on Public Participation and Committee RestructuringSeries consists of photographs of City Hall staff and events.
May also include images of Mayors and Council attending events.
Series consists of yearly indexes to business licence applications for businesses that are no longer active. From 1972 to 1984 these records were referred to as the "trades licence suspense list" and were indexed by business category and licence number. The records from 1985 to 1998 are indexed by both the name and the address of the business.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of minutes and agendas of this agency, which was created to oversee planning and zoning issues in the City.
This agency was created in 1958, under bylaw 4653, as the successor to the Town Planning Commission, records of which can be found in CR-0031.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries includes correspondence relating to applications, minutes, correspondence, draft zoning bylaws, notes and reports related to the creation of zoning bylaws.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of correspondence and reports of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Planning DepartmentSeries consists of Advisory Planning Commission (APC) zoning and rezoning applications, related reports, correspondence, plans and photographs.
Files go up to 1994 however some files may contain more recent information.
Victoria (B.C.). Advisory Planning CommissionSeries consists of an index to Advisory Planning Commission zoning and rezoning case files (CRS 339).
Victoria (B.C.). Advisory Planning CommissionSeries consists of office files generated by the Victoria Centennial Celebration Society under their mandate to organize and coordinate celebrations for the Victoria centennial in 1962. The majority of records deal with cooperative ventures between the Committee and cultural groups of the City. The remainder of records deal with the general administration of the Committee
Victoria Centennial Celebration SocietySeries consists of annual budgets in the form of reports to Council.
Titled "Annual Budget" from 1980-1997 and "Budget Report" thereafter.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance DepartmentSeries consists of the annual reports of the Victoria Fire Department.
Victoria (B.C.). Victoria Fire DepartmentSeries consists of the former City of Victoria website (victoria.ca), which served as a centralized place for the public to access City services and information for over a decade. The website was launched in January 2012, with regular content updates made throughout its life. Site-wide enhancements to viewing experience, navigation, and usability were made in 2014 and 2016.
The site contents were captured by web crawls between September 25 and October 23, 2023, prior to the launch of a new City website on October 26, 2023. Related subdomains and external sites were not included in the capture.
The crawled site is available for viewing through the Internet Archive's Archive-It service. Please use the link below for access.
Victoria (B.C.). Information Technology DepartmentSeries consists of mainly of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Includes minutes from two meetings of the Greater Victoria Transportation Committee, one in 1951 and one in 1952. Also includes copies of agendas for the last half of 1951 that were originally filed with the City Clerk for information.
Victoria (B.C.). Transportation, Traffic and Public Safety CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
For an alphabetical index to the minutes of the this committee, see CR-0134.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance, Lands, Housing, Market, Public Utilities and Intermunicipal CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Airport CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Finance and Business and Trade Development CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Fire Wardens CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Industrial and Town Planning CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Legislative CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Reception and Entertainment CommitteeSeries consists of the minutes of this City Council committee.
Victoria (B.C.). Royal Athletic Park Committee