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All quiet in Oak Bay: Vancouver Island community limits how loud heat pumps can be • May 7, 2025, 5:07 AM ET (CBC)
Oak Bay tenant calls for provincial, municipal tenant support following 'renoviction' • Apr. 29, 2025, 4:27 AM ET (CBC)

Oak Bay, district municipality, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on southeastern Vancouver Island. It is an eastern residential suburb of Victoria, the provincial capital, and is a popular retirement community, with one of the highest percentages of persons over age 65 in Canada. Inc. 1906. Pop. (2006) 17,908; (2011) 18,015.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.