Victoria College, British Columbia
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| Motto | Tuum est latin (It is up to you] |
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| Active | 1903–1963 |
| Location | Victoria, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | red gold blue |
| Affiliations | University of Victoria |
| Website | www.uvic.ca |
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Victoria College was a college in Victoria, British Columbia founded in 1903 with sponsorship from McGill University. It was one of the first post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and later became what is today the University of Victoria.
Many of Victoria College's traditions and memories have been retained by the University of Victoria, a major research institution in Victoria, British Columbia and the successor to the college. The modern University of Victoria draws from its heritage as Victoria College as well as its close affiliation with McGill University up to this day, with several streets on the Oak Bay campus named after McGill. Victoria College went through various stages of history and different buildings including the Gothic Craigdarroch Castle in central Victoria.
Victoria College was a two-year college which provided Victoria students with post-secondary education. Between the years 1903 and 1915, Victoria College was affiliated with McGill University, offering first- and second-year McGill courses in Arts and Science. Administered locally by the Victoria School Board, the College was an adjunct to Victoria High School and shared its facilities. Both institutions were under the direction of a single Principal: E.B. Paul, 1903-1908; and S.J. Willis, 1908-1915. The opening in 1915 of the University of British Columbia, established by Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the College to suspend operations in higher education in Victoria.
In 1920, as a result of local demands, Victoria College began the second stage of its development, reborn in affiliation with the University of British Columbia. Though still administered by the Victoria School Board, the College was now completely separated from Victoria High School, moving September 27, 1921, into the magnificent Dunsmuir mansion known as Craigdarroch Castle. Here, under Principals E.B. Paul and P.H. Elliott, Victoria College built a reputation over the next two decades for thorough and scholarly instruction in first- and second-year Arts and Science.
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