Number of lights on the Parliament Buildings: 3,333

Number of cups of tea served annually at the Empress Hotel: 750,000

Number of lampposts in downtown Victoria adorned with flower baskets each summer: 950

Number of steps from the main floor to the tower at Craigdarroch Castle: 87

Number of blossoms counted during the February 1999 Flower Count: 1,301,310,161

Average summer temperature in Greater Victoria: 20C

Average hours of sunshine each year in Greater Victoria: 2,185

Average annual rainfall in Greater Victoria: 65 cm

Number of objects in the Royal British Columbia Museum collection: 10 million

Height of the new National Geographic Theatre’s IMAX-format screen: six stories

Narrowest street in North America: Fan Tan Alley

Ranking given by Cousteau Society to Greater Victoria area waters for winter diving: 2nd in the world

Number of public and private golf courses in Greater Victoria: 18

Ranking received by Greater Victoria for environment and ambiance from readers of the Conde Nast traveler magazine: 2nd in the world

Length of Vancouver Island: 451 kilometers, the largest island on the Pacific Coast of North America

Height of the Bungy Zone bridge, south of Nanaimo: 140 feet - water depth 35 feet

Number of passengers carried by BC Ferries between Victoria and Vancouver in 1997: 22,259,246

Number of restaurants in Greater Victoria: 762

Number of figures at the Royal London Wax Museum: 307

Number of daily flights from Victoria International Airport: 65 - 70

Number of acres of gardens at the Butchart Gardens: 50 available for public viewing

Number of resident whales in the Georgia Strait/Juan de Fuca water systems: approx. 100

Total length of the Galloping Goose trail and Peninsula trail: 125 kilometers

Number of wooden pilings under the Empress: 2,850, all 50-foot long Douglas Fir, standing lengthwise in bundles - placed there to fill in the bay, and hold up the hotel…

Number of people hung in Bastion Square between 1860 and 1885: more than 12 -