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{{Short description|Township in British Columbia, Canada}}
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{{More citations needed|date=July 2008}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Esquimalt
|official_name          = Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt<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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004716/http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls|archive-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>
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|subdivision_type2      = [[Regional district]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Capital Regional District|Capital]]
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|government_type        = [[Municipal council]]
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Barb Desjardins
|leader_title1          = City Council
|leader_name1           = Esquimalt Municipal Council
|leader_title2          = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]]
|leader_name2           = [[Stephanie McLean (politician)|Stephanie McLean]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|(LPC)]]
|leader_title3          = [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|MLA]]
|leader_name3           = [[Darlene Rotchford]] ([[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]])
|established_title      = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date       = 1912
|unit_pref              = 
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="Census2021">{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=esquimalt&DGUIDlist=2021A00055917040&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0|title=Esquimalt, District municipality (DM), British Columbia [Census subdivision]|publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]|date=February 9, 2022|access-date=February 9, 2022}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 
|area_land_km2          = 7.08
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|population_note        = 
|population_total       = <!--CENSUS 2021 DATA ONLY, DO NOT USE ESTIMATES -->17,533
|population_density_km2 = 2,476.7
|timezone               = [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]]
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|blank1_name            = Waterways
|blank1_info            = [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]]
|website                = {{Official URL}}
|footnotes              = 
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The '''Township of Esquimalt''' ({{IPAc-en|ᵻ|ˈ|s|k|w|aɪ|m|ɔː|l|t}}) is a municipality at the southern tip of [[Vancouver Island]], in [[British Columbia]], Canada.  It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], to the south by the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]], to the west by [[Esquimalt Harbour]] and [[Royal Roads]], to the northwest by the New Songhees 1A [[Indian reserve]] and the town of [[View Royal]], and to the north by a narrow inlet of water called the Gorge, across which is the district municipality of [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]]. It is almost tangential to Esquimalt 1 Indian Reserve near Admirals Road. It is one of the 13 municipalities of [[Greater Victoria, British Columbia|Greater Victoria]] and part of the [[Capital Regional District]].

Esquimalt had a population of 17,533 in 2021. It covers {{convert|7.08|km2|abbr=on}}. It is [[CFB Esquimalt|home to the Pacific fleet]] of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].

==History==
The region now known as Esquimalt was settled by [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] people approximately 4000 years before the arrival of Europeans.  The treaties of the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] (HBC), signed in 1843, refer to these people as the Kosampsom group, though they are now known as the [[Esquimalt Nation]]. The word Esquimalt is a transliteration of "Ess-whoy-malth," a phrase usually translated as "place of the [[shoal]]ing waters."  The [[Songhees people]] (then called Songish), who now have a reserve in Esquimalt, were originally located on the western shore of what is now [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria Harbour]], but were relocated in 1911. Both nations spoke a [[North Straits Salish]] dialect called [[Lekwungen]] (which is also an alternate name for the Songhees).

The first Europeans to reach Esquimalt were the Spanish expedition of [[Manuel Quimper]] in ''[[Princess Royal (1778 sloop)|Princesa Real]]'' in 1790, with [[Gonzalo López de Haro]] and [[Juan Carrasco (explorer)|Juan Carrasco]] as ''pilotos'' (equivalent to [[master (naval)|master]]). Quimper entered and carefully mapped Esquimalt Harbour, which his first mate named Puerto de Córdova after the 46th [[viceroy of New Spain]]. Quimper claimed the region for Spain and placed a wooden cross on a hill. When the Spanish returned later that summer the cross had vanished. In 1792 Captain [[George Vancouver]] extensively explored the region. Following resolution of the [[Nootka Crisis]], control of the region went to the British and the British owned HBC.

[[File:Esquimalt-steamer.jpg|thumb|left|At Esquimalt, B.C., the sternwheel steamboat ''Lady Alexandra'' photographed sometime after 1874]]

In 1843, near the height of the [[Oregon Question]], the HBC was looking for a new location for its Pacific base of operations. [[John McLoughlin]], the company's chief factor at [[Fort Vancouver]], ordered [[James Douglas (Governor)|James Douglas]] to build a new fort on [[Vancouver Island]].  Douglas liked Esquimalt Harbour, but rejected it as a site for a fort because there were too many trees there. Douglas chose a spot on the eastern shore of Victoria Harbour at the mouth of the [[Gorge Inlet]]. He called it [[Fort Camosun]], but later renamed it [[Fort Victoria (British Columbia)|Fort Victoria]] in honour of the [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|British Queen]].

However, ships continued to use Esquimalt Harbour to load and offload passengers and supplies. In 1852, sailors from a British naval ship, {{HMS|Thetis|1846|6}}, built a trail through the forest linking the harbour with Victoria Harbour and the fort. This trail, since paved over, is now one of Esquimalt's main streets, Old Esquimalt Road.

Meanwhile, the HBC decided to try its hand at farming. Douglas leased all of Vancouver Island for seven [[shilling]]s a year from Great Britain, and had a division of the HBC, the [[Puget Sound Agricultural Company]], come in to develop the land.  The Viewfield farm was the first in 1850, with the Constance Cove farm and Craigflower farms added later. The [[Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse|Craigflower farmhouse]] still exists as a heritage site, as does the Craigflower schoolhouse built to serve the settlers' children. Thomas Mackenzie, the [[bailiff]] in charge of the farm, named it for the ancestral home of one of his superiors. By the mid-1860s, the farms were considered failures and abandoned, and the property sold off in small parcels.

In 1855, the  British [[Royal Navy]] constructed three hospital buildings on the harbour to treat casualties of the [[Crimean War]]. A small settlement grew up on the water's edge near the naval installation. In 1858, the discovery of gold on the [[Fraser River]] triggered a massive influx of people, who came to Fort Victoria to buy permits and supplies before setting out for the mainland. Many of these ships landed in Esquimalt Harbour. Some of these people stayed in the area, including a few who opened up [[pub]]s, as well as some less-than-successful gold miners. With the growing population came the area's first building boom.

Even after the [[Oregon Treaty]] of 1846, the boundary between the British [[Gulf Islands]] and the U.S. islands in the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]] and [[Puget Sound]] was not fully defined.  An incident involving an American settler shooting an HBC farm pig on [[San Juan Island]] led to the [[Pig War (1859)|Pig War]] with the United States in 1859.

In 1865, the Royal Navy relocated the [[Pacific Station|headquarters of its Pacific fleet]] from [[Valparaíso]], Chile, to Esquimalt Harbour. In 1887, a military base was located at Work Point. In 1905, the Royal Navy abandoned the [[Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard]], but the Pacific base of the new [[Royal Canadian Navy]] replaced it in 1910. Gradually, naval life and shipbuilding came to dominate the region's sense of identity. On September 1, 1912, Esquimalt was incorporated as a District Municipality. After [[World War I]], it became one of [[Canada]]'s major shipbuilding capitals. In 1887, the [[Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway]] was built through the centre of town.

In June 2010, the Royal Canadian Navy celebrated its 100th anniversary with a [[fleet review]] in the waters off Greater Victoria, by Canada's Governor General [[Michaëlle Jean]]. The review was attended by warships from Canada, France, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the United States, and US and [[Canadian Coast Guard]] vessels.

==Geography==
[[File:The Olympian Range, from Esquimalt (HS85-10-11325).jpg|thumb|The [[Olympic Mountains]], from Esquimalt, 1900.]]

Neighbourhoods of Esquimalt:
* Craigflower
* Colville Road
* Gorge Vale Golf
* Esquimalt Village
* Parklands
* Panhandle Alley
* Rock Heights
* Saxe Point
* West Bay
* Work Point ([[Canadian Department of National Defence|DND]])

Although the neighbourhood of Victoria (Vic) West is located on the Esquimalt Peninsula, it is part of the city of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esquimalt.ca/Main/townmap.htm |title=Township Map |access-date=2008-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219041833/http://www.esquimalt.ca/Main/townmap.htm |archive-date=2007-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Esquimalt had a population of 17,533 living in 8,565 of its 8,995 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:17533-17655}}|17655|1}} from its 2016 population of 17,655. With a land area of {{cvt|7.08|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|17533|7.08|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="Census2021"/>

{{Historical populations
|title       = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Esquimalt
|align       = none
|cols        = 3
|percentages = 
|footnote    = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes.
|source      = Statistics Canada<ref name="Census2021"/><ref name=census1971>{{cite journal |title=1971 Census of Canada - Population Census Subdivisions (Historical) |journal=Catalogue 92-702 Vol I, Part 1 (Bulletin 1.1-2) |date=July 1973 |pages=76, 139 |publisher=Statistics Canada}}</ref>
| 1941 |3737
| 1951 |10153
| 1956 |10384
| 1961 |12048
| 1966 |12891
| 1971 |12922
| 1976 |15053
| 1981 |15870
| 1986 |15972
| 1991 |16192
| 1996 |16151
| 2001 |16127
| 2006 |16209
| 2011 |16840
| 2016 |17655
| 2021 |17533
}}

=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the District of Esquimalt (1996−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br/>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="Census2021"/>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Geo2=CD&Code2=5917&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1996<ref name="1996census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 13,955
| {{Percentage | 13955 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 14,010
| {{Percentage | 14010 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 13,760
| {{Percentage | 13760 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 14,705
| {{Percentage | 14705 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 14,390
| {{Percentage | 14390 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 14,540
| {{Percentage | 14540 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 970
| {{Percentage | 970 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 1,190
| {{Percentage | 1190 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 1,080
| {{Percentage | 1080 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 930
| {{Percentage | 930 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 730
| {{Percentage | 730 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 730
| {{Percentage | 730 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 635
| {{Percentage | 635 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 485
| {{Percentage | 485 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 350
| {{Percentage | 350 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 230
| {{Percentage | 230 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 240
| {{Percentage | 240 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 190
| {{Percentage | 190 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 505
| {{Percentage | 505 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 490
| {{Percentage | 490 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 250
| {{Percentage | 250 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 375
| {{Percentage | 375 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 325
| {{Percentage | 325 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 210
| {{Percentage | 210 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 405
| {{Percentage | 405 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 275
| {{Percentage | 275 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 140
| {{Percentage | 140 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 120
| {{Percentage | 120 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 140
| {{Percentage | 140 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 90
| {{Percentage | 90 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 305
| {{Percentage | 305 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 195
| {{Percentage | 195 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 155
| {{Percentage | 155 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 160
| {{Percentage | 160 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 120
| {{Percentage | 120 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 215
| {{Percentage | 215 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 110
| {{Percentage | 110 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 105
| {{Percentage | 105 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 155
| {{Percentage | 155 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 90
| {{Percentage | 90 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 45
| {{Percentage | 45 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 105
| {{Percentage | 105 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 80
| {{Percentage | 80 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 190
| {{Percentage | 190 | 17290 | 2 }}
| 95
| {{Percentage | 95 | 16925 | 2 }}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 15935 | 2 }}
| 30
| {{Percentage | 30 | 16705 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 15990 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 16000 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 17,290
! {{Percentage | 17290 | 17533 | 2 }}
! 16,925
! {{Percentage | 16925 | 17655 | 2 }}
! 15,935
! {{Percentage | 15935 | 16209 | 2 }}
! 16,705
! {{Percentage | 16705 | 16840 | 2 }}
! 15,990
! {{Percentage | 15990 | 16127 | 2 }}
! 16,000
! {{Percentage | 16000 | 16151 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 17,533
! {{Percentage | 17533 | 17533 | 2 }}
! 17,655
! {{Percentage | 17655 | 17655 | 2 }}
! 16,209
! {{Percentage | 16209 | 16209 | 2 }}
! 16,840
! {{Percentage | 16840 | 16840 | 2 }}
! 16,127
! {{Percentage | 16127 | 16127 | 2 }}
! 16,151
! {{Percentage | 16151 | 16151 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Esquimalt included:<ref name="Census2021"/>
*[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (10,705 persons or 61.9%)
*[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (5,540 persons or 32.0%)
*[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (265 persons or 1.5%)
*[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (150 persons or 0.9%)
*[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (120 persons or 0.7%)
*[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (60 persons or 0.3%)
*[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (50 persons or 0.3%)
*[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (35 persons or 0.2%)

==Communications==
In the past, Esquimalt has been served by various incarnations of newspapers. Esquimalt ceased having its own newspaper in 2007 when the ''Esquimalt News'' by the Black Press folded and merged with the neighbouring ''Victoria News''.<ref name="esqreview">[http://esquimaltreview.wordpress.com/about/ Esquimalt Review: About]</ref>

Esquimalt, however, regained its own local community news source in October 2009 with the creation of the online journal ''Esquimalt Review''.<ref name="esqreview"/>

==Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt==
{{main|CFB Esquimalt}}
[[File:Cfb-esquimalt-aerial.id.jpg|thumb|CFB Esquimalt]]
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt ([[CFB Esquimalt]]) is home to [[Maritime Forces Pacific]] (MARPAC) of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. The base facility dates back to the fur trade era, before the founding of the [[Colony of Vancouver Island]] in 1849.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=National Defence |date=2013-04-19 |title=Maritime Forces Pacific {{!}} Royal Canadian Navy |url=http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/about/structure-marpac-home.page |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca}}</ref> It was first established as a military installation by the [[Royal Navy]] in 1855, and has been operated by the Royal Canadian Navy since 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The CFB Esquimalt Military Base |url=https://navalandmilitarymuseum.org/museum_page/the-cfb-esquimalt-military-base/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Education==
Residents are zoned to schools in the [[Greater Victoria School District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Greater Victoria School District No. 61 |url=https://www.sd61.bc.ca/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.sd61.bc.ca}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of francophone communities in British Columbia]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
<references />
*[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All&Custom= Community Profile: Esquimalt District Municipality, British Columbia; Statistics Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523023641/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917040&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Esquimalt&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=59&B1=All&Custom= |date=2016-05-23 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Esquimalt, British Columbia}}
*{{Official website|http://www.esquimalt.ca}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Esquimalt
 | N  = [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]]
 | E  = [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
 | S  = ''[[Strait of Juan de Fuca]]''
 | W  = [[New Songhees 1A]]<br/>[[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]] / ''[[Esquimalt Harbour]]''
 | NW = [[View Royal]]
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