School district
SD61 Greater Victoria School District
SD61 serves the central part of the region. As with every district here, the catchment school for a home is determined by address through the district’s own locator, not by which municipality the home sits in.
What the district covers
SD61 Greater Victoria serves the City of Victoria and the central municipalities around it. The precise boundary is the district’s to state and is published by them; it does not align neatly with municipal lines, and a home near a boundary should never be assumed into a district.
Confirming the catchment for an address
Use the district’s official school locator with the full civic address. It returns the catchment elementary, middle and secondary schools. That result is the answer; a listing description is not.
Catchment assignment and available space are separate questions. Where a school is at capacity a district may direct students elsewhere, and that is decided each year rather than being a property characteristic.
Programs of choice
French immersion and other programs of choice run their own admission processes, often separate from neighbourhood catchment. Buying within a catchment does not secure a program place.
Before you rely on any of this
This is general information about how things work in British Columbia, not advice about your situation, and it is not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules, thresholds and programs change. Anything that turns on a current figure or a statutory period should be confirmed against the primary source or with the relevant professional before you act on it.