u/dontwantbeknown

I keep hearing that Victoria is a diverse city on the ferry, at the gym, coffee shops etc,

Close to 85% of Victoria's population is white and another 5% is indigenous, yet i hear in random conversations how the city soo diverse and that the food options are great , etc

Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are genuinely diverse cities in terms of their population composition. Victoria is still overwhelmingly European/white by comparison.

I'm not saying that's good or bad. It's simply the demographic reality.

I find it interesting that “Victoria is a very diverse city” seems to be treated as an obvious fact when the actual numbers tell a considerably different story.