Colwood, British Columbia

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**Colwood, British Columbia, Canada**
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Census Division
Regional District	Capital Regional District
Area:	17.76 km²
Founded
Incorporated	1985
Population: City	13,745 (2001)
Population density:	807.7/km²
Time zone:	Pacific: UTC -8
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Latitude: Longitude:	48°25′25″N, 123°29′29″W {{Canadian_City/Map_source_is:{{{CCMapSource}}}\|d1\|m1\|N\|d2\|m2\|W\|region:CA_type:city(100,000)_}}
Elevation:	m MSL
Highways	Highway 1A Highway 14
Waterways	Strait of Juan de Fuca
Mayor:
Governing body:	Colwood City Council

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Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Capital Regional District within an area called the Western Communities, or the West Shore.

Colwood's best known landmark is Hatley Castle, a castle-like building originally built as a residence for James Dunsmuir, premier and later lieutenant governor of British Columbia. Hatley Park was acquired by the Canadian Armed Forces and from 1941 until the mid 1990s operated as Royal Roads Military College. The military college was closed in the 1990s and the lands have since formed the campus for Royal Roads University which opened in 1995. The original residence is surrounded by extensive and attractive gardens, including a Japanese garden.

The city is the site for many regional amenities, including the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, Bear Mountain Arena, and the library facilities for the Western Communities.

As it lies geographically to the south of Victoria, Colwood is Western Canada's southernmost city.

[edit] Neighbourhoods of Colwood

Belmont Park
Colwood Corners
Esquimalt Lagoon
Hatley Park
Mill Hill
Royal Roads

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Members of the Capital Regional District

Electoral areas: B & D (Juan de Fuca) | F (Salt Spring Island) | G (Southern Gulf Islands)

Neighbourhoods in Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria:	Chinatown \| Cook Street Village \| East Burnside-Gorge \| Fairfield \| Fernwood \| Harris Green \| Hillside \| Humboldt Valley \| James Bay \| Jubilee \| North Park \| Rockland \| Victoria West
Saanich:	Beaver Lake-Elk Lake \| Broadmead-Sunnymead \| Cadboro Bay \| Cedar Hill \| Cloverdale \| Cordova Bay \| Glanford \| Gordon Head \| Gorge-Tillicum \| Interurban \| Lake Hill \| Maplewood \| Marigold \| Mount Douglas \| Mount Tolmie-Lansdowne \| Prospect Lake \| Royal Oak \| Strawberry Vale \| Swan Lake \| Ten Mile Point \| Town and Country-Burnside \| West Saanich
Other areas:	Belmont Park \| Brentwood Bay \| Broom Hill \| Cloak Hill \| Colwood Corners \| Craigflower \| Dean Park \| Deep Cove \| Durrance Lake \| East Sooke \| Florence Lake \| Glen Lake \| Goldstream \| Gonzales \| Gorge Vale \| Happy Valley \| Hatley Park \| Island View \| Kemp Lake \| Lands End \| Luxton \| Matheson Lake \| Mill Hill \| Millstream \| Otter Point \| Pat Bay \| Ravenwood \| Rockheights \| Rocky Point \| Saanichton \| Saseenos \| Songhees \| Swartz Bay \| Thetis Lake \| Uplands \| Whiffen Spit \| William Head \| Willis Point \| Willows Beach \| Windsor Park \| Work Point

Image:Flag of British Columbia.svg	Communities on Vancouver Island Edit this list	Image:Flag of Vancouver Island.svg
Ahousat \| Bamberton \| Bamfield \| Black Creek \| Bowser \| Brentwood Bay \| Buckley Bay \| Campbell River \| Cassidy \| Cedar \| Central Saanich \| Chemainus \| Clo-oose \| Coal Harbour \| Cobble Hill \| Colwood \| Comox \| Coombs \| Courtenay \| Cowichan Bay \| Cowichan Station \| Crofton \| Cumberland \| Duncan \| Errington \| Esquimalt \| Fanny Bay \| French Creek \| Genoa Bay \| Gold River \| Harewood \| Highlands \| Holberg \| Honeymoon Bay \| Kildonan \| Koksilah \| Ladysmith \| Lake Cowichan \| Langford \| Lantzville \| Malahat \| Merville \| Mesachie Lake \| Metchosin \| Maple Bay \| Mill Bay \| Nanaimo \| Nanoose Bay \| Nitinat \| North Cowichan \| North Saanich \| Oak Bay \| Oceanside \| Oyster River \| Parksville \| Port Alberni \| Port Alice \| Port Hardy \| Port McNeill \| Port Renfrew \| River Jordan \| Qualicum Beach \| Quatsino \| Royston \| Saanich \| Saanichton \| Saltair \| Sayward \| Shawnigan Lake \| Sidney \| Sooke \| Tahsis \| Telegraph Cove \| Tofino \| Ucluelet \| Union Bay \| Greater Victoria \| Victoria \| View Royal \| Westholme \| Winter Harbour \| Woss \| Youbou \| Yuquot (Friendly Cove) \| Zeballos

Image:Flag of British Columbia.svg	British Columbia
Regional Districts	Alberni-Clayoquot - Bulkley-Nechako - Capital - Cariboo - Central Coast - Central Kootenay - Central Okanagan - Columbia-Shuswap - Comox-Strathcona - Cowichan Valley - East Kootenay - Fraser Valley - Fraser-Fort George - Greater Vancouver - Kitimat-Stikine - Kootenay Boundary - Mount Waddington - Nanaimo - North Okanagan - Northern Rockies - Okanagan-Similkameen - Peace River - Powell River - Skeena-Queen Charlotte - Squamish-Lillooet - Stikine - Sunshine Coast - Thompson-Nicola
Communities over 100,000	Abbotsford - Burnaby - Coquitlam - Delta - Kelowna - Richmond - Saanich - Surrey - Vancouver
70,000-100,000	Chilliwack - Kamloops - Langley Township - Maple Ridge - Nanaimo - District of North Vancouver - Prince George - Victoria
Other major communities	Campbell River - Castlegar - Comox - Cranbrook - Dawson Creek - Dease Lake - Fort St. John - Mission - New Westminster - City of North Vancouver - Penticton - Port Coquitlam - Port Moody - Quesnel - Revelstoke - Tsawwassen - Vernon