Colwood, British Columbia

Colwood is a seaside city on Greater Victoria's West Shore with seven kilometres of waterfront, Esquimalt Lagoon, Royal Roads University and three national historic sites, on the ancestral lands of the Lekwungen-speaking Songhees and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations. The City runs City Hall at 3300 Wishart Road, property taxes with the consumption-based sewer user fee and parcel taxes on the same notice, the sanitary sewer and storm drainage pipes, roads and sidewalks, over 50 parks and trails, a free Saturday branch and yard waste drop-off, dog licences and bylaw enforcement, building permits and business licences, Colwood Fire Rescue and the Emergency Program, the City-established Colwood Clinic, and it co-owns West Shore Parks and Recreation. The City does not collect garbage: residents hire a private hauler. The Capital Regional District supplies the drinking water, runs curbside blue box recycling, Hartland landfill, the onsite septic program and regional parks; West Shore RCMP polices the city; BC Transit runs the buses; the library is the Greater Victoria Public Library's Juan de Fuca branch; health care is Island Health; schools are the Sooke School District; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.