These matter, but no Victoria number is shown: either no public agency publishes one, or what is published could not be checked against the agency’s own data. What data would be needed.
Health care
Not measured yet · not published as data
Surgery waits are counted from when the surgeon books the operation. The earlier wait, from a family doctor’s referral to the specialist visit, is not published as data.
Held by: B.C. Ministry of Health.
Health care
Not measured yet · not published as data
The yearly survey figure is province-wide, and the last Victoria-area survey estimates are for 2021/22. Counts of people waiting for a family doctor in Greater Victoria are not published.
B.C.-wide context, not Victoria: 79.9% of adults in B.C. have a regular doctor or nurse practitioner (2024, Statistics Canada). See that measure.
Held by: B.C. Ministry of Health.
Health care
Not measured yet · not published as data
How long people wait for a detox bed or a treatment program in Greater Victoria is not published as data.
Held by: Island Health and B.C. Ministry of Health.
Homelessness and drugs
Not measured yet · not published as data
People staying temporarily with friends or family are missing from the yearly estimate and only partly found by the one-night count.
National context, not Victoria: 11.2% of households in Canada said they had experienced hidden homelessness at some point in their lives (Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Survey, 2022). Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily, February 12, 2025.
Held by: Capital Regional District, BC Housing and BC Stats.
Homelessness and drugs
Not shown · could not be checked against the agency’s data
BC Emergency Health Services publishes overdose call figures on a web page that could not be read and checked by script. Overdose hospital visits are published only as B.C. totals.
Held by: BC Emergency Health Services and B.C. Ministry of Health.
Safety
Not measured yet · not published as data
How long it takes fire crews and bylaw officers to arrive is not published as data for Victoria. Past Fire Department annual reports to Council printed an average response time (for example, 2016); no current figure in a form that can be checked each year was found.
Held by: City of Victoria.
Safety
Not shown yet · public, not yet added
Status: public, not yet added: unit to be confirmed with the department. The Victoria Police Department’s Community Data Dashboard publishes a response time figure, but no department document states its unit, so it is not shown until the unit is confirmed.
Held by: Victoria Police Department.
Safety
Not measured yet · not published as data
Police figures miss crime that is never reported. Local victimization survey results are not published for Victoria.
National context, not Victoria: about 24% of violent incidents in Canada were reported to police in 2019 (Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety). Source: Statistics Canada, Juristat, 2019 victimization, table 6.
Held by: Statistics Canada.
Safety
Not shown yet · public, not yet added
Open, not yet added: ICBC publishes reported crashes by municipality under its Open Data Licence, but only inside a Tableau Public dashboard (last published May 26, 2026). There is no file we can download and recheck the same way every time, so the figure is not shown yet.
Held by: ICBC.
Business and jobs
Not measured yet · not published as data
No public agency publishes downtown storefront or office vacancy for Victoria as data.
Held by: City of Victoria.
Business and jobs
Not measured yet · not published as data
Requests to the City about litter, graffiti and discarded needles, and how fast they are handled, are not published as data.
Held by: City of Victoria.
Cost of living
Not measured yet · not published as data
The rent and vacancy surveys cover purpose-built apartment buildings only. Rents for other rented homes in Greater Victoria are not published as data.
Held by: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Statistics Canada.
Housing
Not measured yet · not published as data
Notices to end a tenancy for renovation or demolition in Victoria, and the outcome for tenants, are not published as data.
Held by: Residential Tenancy Branch (B.C.) and City of Victoria.
City finances
Not shown yet · public, not yet added
Public, not yet added: the City’s 2026 to 2030 Financial Plan (PDF) describes each department but has no single table of staff positions across years that we could check, and it is not published as open data.
Held by: City of Victoria.
Environment
Not shown yet · public, not yet added
Open maps, no published figure by year: the City’s open data portal has its LiDAR canopy maps for 2013, 2019 and 2023, and its website says canopy cover is 30 per cent without giving a year. The City does not publish a canopy share for each year, and working one out from the maps would be our own calculation.
The Official Community Plan says City actions “will consider” a citywide tree canopy target of 40 per cent by 2050 (section 4.3.2). No canopy figure from an open file is shown yet. Source: Official Community Plan, Victoria 2050 (Bylaw No. 25-045) (adopted October 2, 2025). As of November 12, 2026.
Held by: City of Victoria.
City government and residents
Not measured yet · not published as data
Agendas and minutes show when Council meets in closed session, but no count of closed items compared with open items is published.
Held by: City of Victoria.
City government and residents
Not measured yet · not published as data
No regular public survey of residents’ trust in, or satisfaction with, City government is published as data. The Victoria Police Department publishes its own community survey, which is shown as a measure.
Satisfaction with the police (Victoria Police Department survey).
Held by: City of Victoria.
These were listed here before and are now measures: Emergency wait to see a doctor, Police calls for service, New homes started in the City.
22 requests listed. Asked for so far: 0. Data that would measure these topics better, grouped by who holds it, and where each request stands. A link under a request goes to the measure it would improve. Requests are made by the site’s publisher, not from this page.
| What | Who holds it | Asked on | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to close service requests (bylaw, litter, graffiti, needles) Bylaw calls for service | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Downtown storefront vacancy People walking past downtown counters | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Fire response times Fire department incidents | City of Victoria (Victoria Fire Department) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Permit time by stage, City time against applicant time Days to issue a permit for larger buildings | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| A regular resident survey Voter turnout in the City election | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Road condition | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Homes counted against the Housing Accelerator Fund target of 3,203 units, by the agreement’s own definition | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Staff positions by department | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Capital projects against schedule and budget | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Share of Council items in closed meetings | City of Victoria | Not asked yet | None yet |
| What | Who holds it | Asked on | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| People moved from shelter into housing People without a home during the year | Province of B.C. (BC Housing) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Shelter occupancy and turn-aways People counted as homeless on one night | Province of B.C. (BC Housing) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| People waiting for a family doctor, by community Adults in B.C. with a regular health care provider | Province of B.C. (Ministry of Health) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Emergency waits by hospital, monthly, as a file | Province of B.C. and Island Health | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Referral-to-specialist waits | Province of B.C. (Ministry of Health) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Detox and treatment waits | Province of B.C. and Island Health | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Eviction notices by municipality | Province of B.C. (Residential Tenancy Branch) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Ambulance response times by community | Province of B.C. (BC Emergency Health Services) | Not asked yet | None yet |
| What | Who holds it | Asked on | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local tables as a file, monthly, with history Toxic drug deaths, last 12 months | BC Coroners Service | Not asked yet | None yet |
| What | Who holds it | Asked on | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Response-time percentiles against the department's targets, as a file Police cost per resident Police officers vs authorized strength | Victoria Police Department | Not asked yet | None yet |
| What | Who holds it | Asked on | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wages by metropolitan area People looking for work who can't find it | Statistics Canada | Not asked yet | None yet |
| Regional figures for having a regular health provider | Statistics Canada | Not asked yet | None yet |
For these measures, no target was found in the documents named, as of November 12, 2026. This does not mean that no target exists. “Who could set one” names the body with the power to adopt a target, not a body that should. How targets are chosen.
| Measure | Documents checked | Who could set one | Related target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency wait to see a doctor | Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | Province of B.C. and Island Health | None found |
| Toxic drug deaths, last 12 months | Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | Province of B.C. | Yes, see the measure page |
| Grade 7 numeracy on track | Ministry of Education and Child Care 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | Province of B.C. and boards of education | None found |
| Weeks waiting for surgery | Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | Province of B.C. and Island Health | Yes, see the measure page |
| People waiting for surgery | Ministry of Health 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | Province of B.C. and Island Health | Yes, see the measure page |
| Businesses operating in Greater Victoria | Ministry of Jobs and Economic Growth 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan | The Province of B.C. | Yes, see the measure page |
| Measure | Documents checked | Who could set one | Related target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police-reported crime | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan; Victoria Police Department strategic plan page | The region’s police boards and the Province of B.C. | Yes, see the measure page |
| Police-reported crime in the City of Victoria | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan; Victoria Police Department strategic plan page | Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board, with the City, and the Province of B.C. | Yes, see the measure page |
| Satisfaction with the police | Victoria Police Department strategic plan page | Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board | Yes, see the measure page |
| Share of crimes solved | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 2026/27 to 2028/29 Service Plan; Victoria Police Department strategic plan page | The region’s police boards and the Province of B.C. | None found |
| Measure | Documents checked | Who could set one | Related target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days to issue a permit for larger buildings | Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2026 (No. 26-040), Schedule 5; City of Victoria Building Permits and Building and Renovating web pages | Victoria City Council | None found |
| Capital work done vs plan | Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2026 (No. 26-040), Schedule 5; City of Victoria 2025 Annual Report | Victoria City Council | None found |
| Property tax increase adopted for the year | Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2026 (No. 26-040), Schedule 5 | Victoria City Council | Yes, see the measure page |
| City property tax on a typical home vs prices | Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2026 (No. 26-040), Schedule 5 | Victoria City Council | None found |
| City spending per resident | Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, 2026 (No. 26-040), Schedule 5 | Victoria City Council | None found |
No data that could be checked against the agency’s own figures was found for these topics when this page was built, so no numbers from them are shown. Each entry says what would be needed.
Why it is not shown: BC Housing publishes how many shelter and supportive housing units exist in each community, but not how full they are or how many people are turned away.
What would be needed: A regularly updated table of shelter occupancy by community.
Why it is not shown: The BC Coroners Service publishes its South Vancouver Island and Island Health figures in an online dashboard, which is read by script here. It has no downloadable file and no open licence.
What would be needed: The yearly and monthly tables as a downloadable file, with the area definitions and an update schedule.
Why it is not shown: The yearly survey figure is province-wide. Statistics Canada stopped updating its regional tables after 2021/22 (South Vancouver Island 75.4%, Victoria area 74.9%).
What would be needed: A yearly figure for Island Health or Greater Victoria.
Why it is not shown: Not published.
What would be needed: Median wait from referral to admission for detox and treatment beds in Greater Victoria, by quarter.
Why it is not shown: No public agency publishes downtown storefront or office vacancy.
What would be needed: A regular count of vacant ground-floor commercial units and office space downtown, published by the City or another public body.
Why it is not shown: The City prints quarterly totals in its economic dashboard, and these are shown. The counts by location and day are not published.
What would be needed: Counter totals by location and month as an open data file, with the counter list and outages.
Why it is not shown: Not published as data for Victoria.
What would be needed: Median and 90th percentile time to arrive, by priority and year, for fire and bylaw.
Why it is not shown: Not published as data.
What would be needed: Service requests by type, month and neighbourhood, with time to close, as an open data file.
Why it is not shown: Not published for Victoria.
What would be needed: Counts of notices to end tenancy for renovation or demolition, by municipality and year, from the Residential Tenancy Branch.
Why it is not shown: Closed sessions are listed in agendas and minutes, but no count is published.
What would be needed: A yearly count of closed and open agenda items, published by the City.
Why it is not shown: No regular public survey exists.
What would be needed: A regular, published resident survey with the same questions each time and the full results.
Why it is not shown: Surgery wait data start when the surgeon books the operation. The wait from a family doctor’s referral to the specialist visit is not published.
What would be needed: A yearly or quarterly table of referral-to-consultation waits by specialty and health authority.
Why it is not shown: CMHC’s rent and vacancy figures cover purpose-built apartment buildings only. Statistics Canada’s asking rents include some condos but are experimental and do not cover what sitting tenants pay.
What would be needed: Yearly figures for other rented homes in Greater Victoria.
Why it is not shown: Overdose hospital visits are published only as B.C. totals, and paramedic overdose call figures could not be checked by script.
What would be needed: Regional (Island Health or Greater Victoria) counts by year as a downloadable table.
Victoria indicators