Mostly that it is close to Vancouver and Seattle, has really nice weather for .ca and Vancouver Island is an outdoor playland for someone like me.
I'm also a person who likes smaller places, but need to be close to an international airport (for work) so Victoria has that going for it.
My wife is a GP and likes to be in smaller communities so she can connect with the people more, so that is playing in her mind.
And we have kids and don't really want to raise them in a "city". That, and the schools in Victoria seem to be really good...and they have a good French immersion school. Our kids speak French, but neither my wife or I can properly teach them to read or write...so we wanted to send them to French school until about 8th grade.
I'm also a person who likes smaller places, but need to be close to an international airport (for work) so Victoria has that going for it.
My wife is a GP and likes to be in smaller communities so she can connect with the people more, so that is playing in her mind.
And we have kids and don't really want to raise them in a "city". That, and the schools in Victoria seem to be really good...and they have a good French immersion school. Our kids speak French, but neither my wife or I can properly teach them to read or write...so we wanted to send them to French school until about 8th grade.