SPECIAL TRAFFIC ADVISORY
Roads in Victoria and Oak Bay will be impacted on Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12 as part of the Royal Victoria Marathon.
We thank you for your patience on both these days as over 15,000 runners and walkers take to the streets of Victoria. Please read through the Road Closure information below. We have also added a number of key area maps that will help you navigate around the course.
TCP and Police will assist with road crossing where possible. See below for locations where these personnel will be in place.
IMPORTANT:
NO PARKING is allowed on the race routes. Special event no parking signs will be put up in the City of Victoria and in the Municipality of Oak Bay. Sunday morning, cars will be towed from the course starting at 12:01am. Where possible, we recommend parking your car outside of the race route, paying attention to the no event parking signs. Oak Bay, please look at road signage carefully as there are road closures on both Saturday and Sunday.
VENUE CLOSURES SATURDAY OCTOBER 11 & SUNDAY OCTOBER 12 - DOWNTOWN VICTORIA:
Saturday, October 11 10:00am until Sunday, October 12 7:00pm - Extended COMPLETE road closures for set up, races and take down of the start/finish area of the Royal Victoria Marathon. Belleville - Oswego to Government and Menzies - Belleville to Quebec (City of Victoria)
Venue map for Sunday, October 12 is below
ROAD CLOSURES SATURDAY OCTOBER 11 - OAK BAY:
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - Extended COMPLETE road closures for set up, plus the running of the 5K and Thrifty Foods Kids Run. There is NO PARKING on the race route from 5:00 am to Noon.
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ROAD CLOSURES SUNDAY OCTOBER 12 - RACE ROUTES, VICTORIA AND OAK BAY
Times for Sunday road closures are approximate but there will be runners/walkers on the roads from 7:00am - 3:15pm. Roads will reopen on a rolling schedule shortly after the last participant passes and course infrastructure is removed.
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OPPORTUNITIES TO CROSS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
Once the races start, traffic personnel will assist you at the major route crossings as indicated below, when it is safe to do so. Please expect delays in crossing.
Major controlled route crossings Sunday by Police or Traffic Control Professionals:
- across Yates at Douglas, Blanshard and Quadra - re-opens 9:15am
- across Cook at Fort - re-open 9:30am
- across Moss at Fairfield - re-open by 9:45am
- across Robertson at Ross/Crescent - re-open by 2:30pm
- across Richmond at Fairfield - re-open by 2:15pm
- across Richardson/McNeill at Foul Bay - re-open by 2:00pm
- along Beach Dr from Margate to the hotel and golf course - re-open by 2:00pm
PLEASE NOTE: In Oak Bay on Sunday, both traffic lanes on Newport (beside Windsor Park) are open.
ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS FOR SOME THE ROUTES:
More maps will be uploaded closer to race weekend.