Victoria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Victoria in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VictoriaBritish Columbia (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Victoria plotted against British Columbia and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Victoria followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to British Columbia which peaked in 1976-1990 and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Victoria's incremental SNDi rose from 3.71 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Victoria ranked 3rd out of 8 cities in British Columbia and 23rd out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in Canada
36th of 54
Rank in British Columbia
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Canada
23rd of 54
Rank in British Columbia
3rd of 8

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VictoriaNamakkalAdoni

In new street additions, Victoria and Adoni both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Namakkal built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Victoria had a more sprawly network than Namakkal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.