Langford, British Columbia

Langford is the fast-growing centre of Greater Victoria's West Shore, on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples and the Scia'new, T'Sou-ke and Malahat Nations (confirm the City's own land acknowledgement wording). The City runs planning and building permits, business licences, bylaw enforcement with overnight security patrols, roads, snow and ice response, parks and trails, Starlight Stadium and City Centre Park, Langford Fire Rescue and the Attainable Housing Program. Many everyday services are not the City's: the Capital Regional District supplies the drinking water and runs curbside recycling, Hartland landfill and regional parks; West Shore Environmental Services owns and runs the sewer system under the City's mandatory connection bylaw; residents hire private haulers for garbage and kitchen scraps; West Shore Parks and Recreation runs the recreation centres for the West Shore municipalities together; policing is the West Shore RCMP detachment in downtown Langford; transit is BC Transit's Victoria Regional Transit System; the library is the Greater Victoria Public Library; health care is Island Health; schools are the Sooke School District; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.