https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia It's taken a long time just to reach a population of 100K.
Greater_Victoria eventually obtained a population of 400K.
The Capital_Regional_District has around 415K in 2021.
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/canada/britishcolumbia/admin/5917__capital 439,950 Population [2022] – Estimate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island#Demographics
Of course in Australia, Victoria_(state) is a mighty place, far from the provincial backwater BC mentality.
