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Population
2024 estimate by dissemination area (Statistics Canada 2021 Census grown with BC Stats municipal estimates): people per km² of land.
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0 people (0%) live within 800 m of one of the 0 stations served, and 0 (0%) within 3 km, of 0 on the Island.
Rings: 800 m walk and 3 km around served stations, measured to each area's centre. Outlined areas are within 800 m. Hover or tap an area for details.
Travel flows
Weekday commutes between Island places (Statistics Canada, 2021 Census) and trips to campuses, airports and ferries.
1001,00010,000 commuters
drivingby traincampus, airport, ferry· 1 dot ≈ 20 people
How this is estimated
With E&N counts drivers whose home and work places are both near a passenger station (full share within 2 km, none beyond 8 km). “Every station, frequent” assumes all stations on the map get 16 or more trains a day each way; “Trains in this timetable” uses only the stations and trains in your plan, and shrinks the share where fewer than 16 trains a day link the two stations. Driving shares are estimated from each place's 2021 commutes; Statistics Canada rounds counts to 5 or 10. Arcs bend to the right of the direction of travel; the arrow points to the workplace. Moving travellers follow the quickest route on the main road network, timed by Census arrival-at-work times by region; the trip home is assumed 8.5 hours later. Traffic congestion: BC Ministry of Transportation count stations (2025 permanent and short counts) and City of Victoria counts by hour; local roads without counts are modelled from nearby population. With E&N, the drivers who switch are taken off the count stations on their route. Campuses: UVic's 2023 counted trips; Camosun and VIU scaled from UVic per student and staff member. Airports: 2024–25 passenger totals. Ferries: BC Ferries traffic for the year to March 2025, averaged over the year, timed by this fall's weekday sailings (drivers reach the terminal 10–60 minutes before a sailing and leave in the 20 minutes after one docks). Their trips are spread over places by population and travel time and are not shifted to rail. CRD 2022 survey: all trips made on a fall 2022 weekday by residents of the Capital Region, between 19 survey districts and two areas outside it (Tables 43–46 of the survey report); dots are timed by the survey's trips by hour of day. Driving shares per district pair are estimated from the survey's sub-area mode shares, transit from each district's transit trip total; the survey counts each direction separately, so switches are one-way trips.Jobs & land use
Jobs: Statistics Canada 2021 Census, usual place of work, by census tract (Victoria and Nanaimo) or municipality. Land use: OpenStreetMap.
ResidentialCommercial / retailInstitutionalIndustrial
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0 of 0 jobs (0%) are within 800 m of one of the 0 stations served.
Circles sit at the centre of each area's employment land. 2021 counts were taken during the pandemic; the 2026 Census place-of-work data is due in 2027.
Track speed
Passenger speed limit along the line, from the 2003 E&N track charts, the speed setting in the Track tab and any track works (outlined bands; dashed if not applied, click one to apply it or not). Bridges, tunnels and road crossings appear as you zoom in; red marks are out of service today.
Reported crashes
ICBC reported crashes, 2021–2025 (data as of 31 March 2026). Excludes parking lots and parked vehicles; mid-block crashes are placed between the nearest intersections.
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Crashes per location over five years. Zoomed out, locations are grouped into 2 km squares.
First Nation reserves
Reserves set apart under the Indian Act for the use of each First Nation, labelled with the Nation and the official reserve name. Boundaries from Natural Resources Canada's Aboriginal Lands of Canada Legislative Boundaries; the Nation for each reserve from the Province of BC's Indian Reserves – Administrative Boundaries, shown with the Nation's current name. Modern treaty lands are not shown.
First Nation reserve
Crossed by the rail corridor
Key destinations
Airports, ferry terminals, universities and colleges, hospitals, defence bases, government and major shopping centres: places many people must reach. Turn names on or off in the Layers panel. Locations from OpenStreetMap.
AirFerryCampusHospitalDefenceGovernmentShopping
Faded icons are more than 3 km from any station the timetable serves. Hover an icon for its distance to the nearest station and the bus routes nearby.
Ferries
Sailings for Wednesday 21 October 2026 from BC Ferries, Black Ball (Coho) and Hullo schedules; ridership from BC Ferries' fiscal 2025 report (April 2024 – March 2025). Vessels move on the map clock. Click a route for its sailings.
BC FerriesCohoHulloClipper
Tankers (live)
Real-time positions of tankers broadcasting AIS in the waters around the Island, via AISStream.io. Shown in real time, not simulation time; positions are moved ahead from each ship's last reported speed and course.
Under wayAt anchor or moored
Shipping lanes
Traffic separation schemes for large ships, run jointly by Canada and the United States. Ships keep to the lane on their side of the separation zone and follow the arrows. Ferries, tugs and small boats may cross the lanes but must not impede ships in them.
Separation zoneOuter edge of a traffic laneDirection of trafficPrecautionary area: routes meet, extra careTwo-way route
Source: US Code of Federal Regulations, 33 CFR 167.1300–1332 (the joint Canada–US scheme). Shown for context only, not for navigation.
Hazards and restricted areas
Places where ships and boats are restricted, and well-known natural hazards. Killer whale zones apply 1 June to 30 November. Everywhere in the Salish Sea, vessels must stay at least 1,000 m from Southern Resident killer whales. Hover over an area or symbol for its rules.
Military exercise areaNo vessels (seasonal, killer whales)10-knot limit (seasonal, killer whales)Marine protected areaNavigation hazard: currents, rocks, narrows
Sources: Interim Order respecting the protection of killer whales (Canada Gazette, 2025) and Transport Canada Ship Safety Bulletin 08/2026; Royal Canadian Navy (Area WG); Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Race Rocks, outline approximate). Hazard positions are approximate. Not for navigation.
Tidal currents
Moving streaks show surface currents in the top 5 m; colour shows their speed. Flood and ebb pour through the passes and around the Gulf Islands.
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Hydrographic Service current station: hover for slack times
Sources: SalishSeaCast ocean model forecast (University of British Columbia), every 2 hours on a 2.5 km grid; station predictions from the Canadian Hydrographic Service. Narrow passes are finer than the model grid. Not for navigation.
Flights
Scheduled departures and arrivals for Wednesday 21 October 2026 at the Island's airports and Victoria's harbour seaplanes. Times are scheduled; aircraft positions are illustrative. Click an airport for its next flights.
Rail freight
Rail cars reach the Island by Seaspan rail barge from Southern Railway of BC's Annacis Island terminal in Delta to the Wellcox Yard slip in Nanaimo.
Rail bargeOther Seaspan bargesFreight track in use
About 18 cars a sailing, 2–3 sailings a week, about 1,200 carloads a year. Freight trains run only from the slip to Superior Propane in north Nanaimo.
Island Rail Corridor Freight Analysis (BC MoTI, 2022); CVRD background report (2024).
Bus priority lanes
Bus lanes, bus-only roads and queue jumps: in service from OpenStreetMap (read 19 Oct 2026) and BC Transit; under construction and planned from BC Transit’s 2025 infrastructure updates. Click a line or a name for details.
BC Transit buses
Weekday schedule (Wednesday 21 October 2026) for the nine Island transit systems, from BC Transit's GTFS feed. Buses run on the map clock.
Buses timed to trains
Each bus moves at an even pace from its first to its last stop. BC Transit's live vehicle positions can't be read from this page, so these are timetable positions, not live ones. Hover a bus for its trip times, a route line for its trips, or a station for the routes nearby.
Traffic congestion
BC Ministry of Transportation count stations (◆), weekday average by hour: permanent stations (2025; Six Mile 2024) and 2025 short counts; City of Victoria counts. Roads without a count are modelled from nearby population.
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Showing —. Sparser, faster dots mean freer-flowing traffic.
Hover a ◆ station for both directions and its daily profile.
Includes the drivers the Travel flows layer moves to the train (With E&N).
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation and hillshade: AWS Terrain Tiles (Mapzen terrarium). Population: Statistics Canada 2021 Census, grown to 2024 with BC Stats estimates. Jobs: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Traffic counts: BC MoTI, City of Victoria. Commuting: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Travel survey: CRD 2022 Origin-Destination Household Travel Survey. Bus schedules: BC Transit GTFS. Sailings and ferry traffic: BC Ferries. UVic and airport traffic figures. First Nation reserves: Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada) and Province of BC (Open Government Licence – British Columbia). Trail and bike counts: Capital Regional District and partners (Eco-Counter). Riders and buses are simulated. Anonymous usage counts, no cookies: usage statistics.