Want to know keep up-to-date on what's happening in Victoria? Subscribe to our daily newsletter:. Despite Victoria famously having more women than men, it actually might be harder for young heterosexual men to find love than any other group.
However, when looking at the under set, the population of women to men is fairly equal 80, women to 81, men.
Even more surprising, while Victoria is known for having a surplus of women, the data actually shows that there are far more young, single bachelors than there are bachelorettes. In there were 23, Victoria women between the ages of 20 and 39 who were not married or living common-law. The number of men in the same boat was 27,; a surplus of 3, Cherish Dorrington, a relationship and intimacy counsellor in the Capital region, told The Capital that more than two-third of her clientele are men who need help navigating the dating scene.
Stay connected to your city with the Capital Daily newsletter. Victoria has traditionally ranked as one of the more female-heavy major cities in Western Canada. In the census, Greater Victoria had , females to , males. There are a few possible explanations as to why.
For one; Victoria is particularly good place to be a woman. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has repeatedly ranked Victoria as the most female-friendly city in the country, due to a combination of higher female employment rates and representation in politics. Capital cities are often more feminine, with everywhere from Winnipeg to Ottawa typically seeing a higher ratio of women to men , as opposed to more blue collar cities like Fort McMurray where the ratio is reversed.
