Designated in 2016 because it is an excellent and intact illustration of the Veterans Land Act communities established following the Second World War. The VLA was a key element of the Veterans’ Charter, which provided a wide range of benefits to most veterans, ex-servicemen and women and the disabled; it retains many key elements of its original design including layout, Read more...
Designated in 2019, Uplands is a residential subdivision of 188 hectares located in the northeastern section of Oak Bay, the oldest suburban municipality in Greater Victoria. Designed in 1908 by John C. Olmsted, senior partner at Olmsted Brothers, for Winnipeg real estate developer William Gardner, it is an exceptional example of subdivision design and planning and is among the finest Read more...
