The coastal city of Colwood is located on the south coast of Vancouver Island (the Juan De Fuca Strait).
Time Zone: Colwood lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Michigan has a community that is also named Colwood.
At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Colwood had a population of 14,687 people<1>. This is an increase of 6.85% since the previous Census (with 13,745 people in 2001).
With 14,687 people, Colwood represented 0.36% of the total population of British Columbia.
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<2> | 2006
Population | Change
Since 2001 |
| | Gordon Head |  NE | 8 mi [12.87 km] | --- | |
| | Malahat |  NW | 7 mi [11.27 km] | --- | |
| | Metchosin |  SW | 5 mi [8.05 km] | 4,795 | 1.28% decrease |
| | Milnes Landing |  W | 9 mi [14.48 km] | --- | |
| | North Saanich |  N | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 10,823 | 3.71% increase |
| | Oak Bay |  E | 7 mi [11.27 km] | 17,908 | 0.62% increase |
| | | | | <*> | When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. |
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To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Colwood.
Website for Colwood
| Official Website: | www.city.colwood.bc.ca/ |
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Search for Local BusinessesGoogle's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Colwood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.
If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).
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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Colwood: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Colwood? Please visit the Map Page for Colwood. |
Footnotes
| <1> | Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Colwood and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
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| Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009 |
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