About
A landscape group for the living systems of Greater Victoria, part of the Regenerate Cascadia network.
The landscape
Greater Victoria is shaped by its temperate climate and its place in the Olympic Mountain rain shadow. That makes a mosaic of Garry oak meadows, one of Canada's most endangered ecosystems, alongside camas prairies, arbutus forests and rich coastal habitats. The creeks support Pacific salmon, and resident orca live in the surrounding waters of the Salish Sea.
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The group
In October 2025 Regenerate Cascadia welcomed Regenerate Victoria as a landscape group in its Cascadia BioRegen Program. The group's stewards also take part in the Landscape Hub Cultivator, Regenerate Cascadia's program for established landscape groups. Landscape groups across Cascadia, among them Whatcom, the Fraser Lowland and the South Willamette Valley, each work on their own place and learn from one another.
Regenerate Cascadia describes the group as using bioregionalism as a lens: seeing the region's questions as connected parts of one living system rather than separate issues, and offering a bridge between Indigenous governance systems that have always been place-based and contemporary movements.
What we do
- Map the bioregion together. The group is preparing bioregional mapping workshops. A first open map of Greater Victoria is already online.
- Build partnerships. The group has developed several partnerships, with more to come.
- Support the work. Through Regenerate Cascadia's BioRegen Program, the group can receive donations, apply for grants and coordinate projects with other groups in the network.
- Share what we learn. The map's code is open source under the MIT licence, so other bioregions can use it.
Stewards and contact
The group's stewards are listed on the Greater Victoria page of Regenerate Cascadia. To get in touch, see Contact.