Colwood

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Colwood may refer to:CanadaColwood, British ColumbiaUnited KingdomColwood, Cornwall Colwood, West SussexUnited StatesColwood, Michigan

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

David Foster

Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter

Nelly Furtado

Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter

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David Day

Canadian author and poet (born 1947)

Ryder Hesjedal

racing cyclist

Cliff Thorburn

Canadian snooker player

Meghan Ory

Canadian actress

Emily Carr

Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945)

Megan Tandy

Canadian biathlete

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William Vickrey

Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate (1914-1996)

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Stephen Shellen

Canadian actor

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Don Barber

Canadian ice hockey player

Adam Straith

Canadian association football player

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Art Kuehn

American football player

Andrew Weaver

Canadian scientist and politician

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Helen Kelesi

Canadian tennis player

Cameron Bright

Canadian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Metchosin
  3.6 mi away · pop. 5,067
• Malahat
  10.2 mi away
• Mill Bay
  16 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Shawnigan Lake
  17 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Shirley
  19 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  24.4 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  24.6 mi away
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  25.2 mi away
• Glenora
  25.7 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  25.8 mi away
• River Jordan
  25.8 mi away
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  26.2 mi away

Browse all places in British Columbia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Colwood

The Royal Colwood Golf Club

John Ronald · 2003

Official race card, the Victoria Hunt Club

Victoria Hunt Club (B.C.) · 1982

Esquimalt "Place of shoaling waters"

Leigh Burpee Robinson · 1947

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 95 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 113 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 122 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 123 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 131 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 175 mi
• Wildfire RANSIER, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 192 mi
• Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 219 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Common Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Seen 2026-09-16

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Seen 2026-09-16

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Seen 2026-09-16

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-16

American Wigeon

Mareca americana

Seen 2026-09-16

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-16

Columbian Black-tailed Deer

Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Seen 2026-09-16

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Armenian Blackberry

Rubus armeniacus

Seen 2026-09-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers