Editing View Royal (section)

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|name                   = View Royal
|official_name          = Town of View Royal<ref name=BCmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls | title=British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address | publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development | type=[[Microsoft Excel|XLS]] | access-date=November 2, 2014}}</ref>
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|settlement_type        = [[List of towns in British Columbia|Town]]
|image_skyline          = Portage park Thetis Cove beach. READ INFO IN PANORAMIO-COMMENTS - panoramio.jpg
|image_caption          = Portage Park on Thetis Cove
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|image_map             = {{Location map+ |CAN BC Capital
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{{Location map~ |CAN BC Capital
|label = View Royal
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg
|marksize = 6
|position = top
|lat_deg = 48.455164
|lon_deg = -123.438705}}
}}
|map_caption           = Location of View Royal within the [[Capital Regional District]]
| pushpin_map          = Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia
| pushpin_map_caption  = Location of View Royal within British Columbia
| coordinates          = {{coord|48.455164|-123.438705|region:CA-BC|format=dms|display=inline}}
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|subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name      = Canada
| subdivision_type1     = Province
| subdivision_name1     = [[British Columbia]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Regional district]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Capital Regional District|Capital]]
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|established_title      = Incorporated
|established_date       = 1988
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|established_title3     = <!-- Incorporated (city) -->
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|government_type        = Municipal
|leader_title           = Governing&nbsp;body
|leader_name            = View Royal Town Council
|leader_title1          = Mayor
|leader_name1           = Sid Tobias
|leader_title2          = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]]
|leader_name2           = [[Stephanie McLean (politician)|Stephanie McLean]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|(Liberal)]]
|leader_title3          = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]]
|leader_name3           = [[Darlene Rotchford]] ([[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]])
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|area_footnotes         = <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2024-10-17}}</ref>
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|area_land_km2          = 14.33
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|elevation_m            = 20
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|population_as_of       = [[2021 Canadian census|2021]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="SCref21"/>
|population_total       = <!--CENSUS 2016 DATA ONLY, DO NOT USE ESTIMATES -->11,575
|population_density_km2 = 807.6
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|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|postal_code            = V9B
|area_code              = 250
|website                = {{Official URL}}
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|timezone               = [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]]
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'''View Royal''' is a town in [[Greater Victoria, British Columbia|Greater Victoria]] and a member municipality of the [[Capital Regional District]] of [[British Columbia]], Canada. View Royal has a population of 11,575<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - View Royal, Town (T) [Census subdivision], British Columbia |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> residents. With over {{convert|700|ha|acre}} of parkland, View Royal includes [[Thetis Lake|Thetis]], McKenzie, Pike, and Prior Lakes and portions of [[Esquimalt Harbour]] and [[Portage Inlet]].