Oak Bay

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Oak Bay

Total population

18,015

Coordinates48.43°, -123.32°

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

Overview

Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered to the west by the city of Victoria and to the north by the district of Saanich. It is a residential suburb of Victoria.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

O

Ocean Hellman

Canadian actress

Taya Valkyrie

Canadian professional wrestler

M

Matt Margetts

Canadian freestyle skier

A

Adam Geric

Australian ice hockey player

M

Mike Webster

Canadian amateur wrestler

K

Kira Tozer

Canadian voice actress

A

Aliyah O'Brien

Canadian actress

G

Glen Robbins

Canadian cyclist

R

Rusty Peden

Canadian cyclist

L

Lew Rush

cyclist

R

Richard B. Wilson

Canadian mayor (1904-1991)

John Carl Pendray

industrialist and politician

J

Jessica Dovanne

rugby union player

R

Ronald Dare Gillespie

Canadian businessman (1890-1981)

Annie Ewart

cyclist

Jesse Roper

Canadian musician

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Metchosin
  10.5 mi away · pop. 5,067
• Malahat
  14.9 mi away
• Mill Bay
  19 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Shawnigan Lake
  21.1 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Shirley
  27.1 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  27.7 mi away
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  28.3 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  28.4 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  29.2 mi away
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  30 mi away
• Glenora
  30.1 mi away
• Sahtlam
  32.9 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 Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia

Jean Sparks · 2006

A plan for Oak Bay

Capital Region Planning Board of British Columbia. · 1967

Golf Links Park, Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C.

1997

Greater Victoria Public Library 1987 community surveys

Trend Analysis Research. · 1987

American Film

American Film Institute · 1975

Yank, the Army Weekly

United States. War Department. Special Services Division. · 1945

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 87 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 105 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 114 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 116 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 124 mi
• Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 213 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 233 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 238 mi

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

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