Take Victoria’s 2025 Vital Signs survey today

Victoria, B.C. – In its milestone twentieth year, the Victoria’s Vital Signs program provides an annual check-up on our region, identifying issues while looking to the future with possible solutions.

This year, the Vital Signs citizen survey asks participants to weigh in on 12 issue areas related to quality of life in the region, including housing, safety, health and wellness, belonging and engagement, and more. Residents living in the capital region can fill out a short or long version of the survey online for a chance to win one of three Country Grocer gift cards.

The 2025 theme for the Vital Signs survey and overall program, “Your Voice. Your Victoria!,” reminds residents they can be confident in the power of their collective voice to have an impact in our community. Their voices and perspectives are critical to shedding light on what they see are the greatest issues and opportunities in the region.

Survey responses are gathered to produce a comprehensive Victoria’s Vital Signs report, which combines public opinion and statistics to provide a snapshot of livability and well-being in Greater Victoria.

“For twenty years, Victoria’s Vital Signs has been an important and influential report card on the health and wellbeing of our region. Each year, it’s used by sector leaders, decision-makers and the public alike to help steer the future of our community,” said Sandra Richardson, Victoria Foundation CEO. “Our region faces complex and integrated challenges, and through the collective voices of our community, we can continue to identify and coordinate on solutions that will last far beyond the next twenty years.”

The survey opens today and runs until Friday, May 30 at noon. After completing the survey, residents will be entered into a draw?to win one of three Country Grocer gift cards worth $100 each. Residents can double their chances to win by filling out the long version. A link to the survey can be found on the Victoria Foundation website at https://go.victoriavitalsigns.ca/survey/.

Victoria’s Vital Signs was launched in 2006. The presenting sponsor for our 2025 Vital Signs program is Coast Capital.

Vital Signs is a community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our communities and identifies significant trends in a range of areas critical to quality of life. Vital Signs is coordinated nationally by Community Foundations of Canada.

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Victoria Foundation Background

Established in 1936, the Victoria Foundation is Canada’s second oldest community foundation and the sixth largest of over 200 nation-wide. The Victoria Foundation manages charitable gifts from donors whose generosity allows them to create permanent, income-earning funds. The proceeds from these funds are then distributed as grants for charitable or educational purposes. To date the Victoria Foundation has invested over $375 million in people, projects and non-profit organizations that strengthen communities in BC and throughout Canada.?

About Coast Capital

At Coast Capital, we’re not dreaming about a better future, we’re building one. We’re a member-owned financial cooperative with an 80-year legacy of unlocking financial opportunities that positively impact people and communities. We believe that every Canadian deserves a financial partner who actually cares how things turn out. Driven by our social purpose, we look at everything we do through the lens of how we can help our 600,000 members, our employees, and communities.

Ranked in the platinum category of the 2022 Corporate Knight’s Social Purpose Ranking and a proud Certified B Corporation®, we’re part of a global movement building a more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economic system. Each year, we invest 10% of our budgeted bottom line into our communities, which since 2000 totals over $100M. We’re deeply committed to making our financial cooperative a great place to work as demonstrated by some of our accolades. Coast Capital is a platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures. To learn more, visit us online at coastcapitalsavings.com.

Media Contact
Jonathon Dyck
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
Victoria Foundation
P. 250-381-5532 ext. 227
E. jdyck@victoriafoundation.bc.ca