| Name | Biographical Note | Location |
| Von Horst, George Frank | George Frank Von Horst was born in Victoria on December 13, 1877. He worked in a variety of different jobs including private investigator. | |
| Voss, Captain John Claus | Captain John Claus Voss was the master of the Tilikum. Prior to this, he was the proprietor of several hotels in Victoria. | 99 |
| Waddington, Alfred | Alfred Waddington was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island from 1860-1861. He was also the first Superintendent of Education in British Columbia. He died in Ottawa pn February 26, 1872. | 2173 |
| Wain, Henry & Sarah | Henry Wain was born in England in 1825 and came to Victoria in 1850. He worked as a carpenter, farmer, tavern keeper, and ran a post office in North Saanich. He married Sarah while visiting England in the 1850's. Their daughter Alice married into the Horth family. | 1339 |
| Waites, George F. and Annie | George F. Waites worked as a locksmith. | 1228 |
| Waitt, Capt. John W. | 81 | |
| Walkem, George A. | 2238 | |
| Walker, Henrietta C. (nee Irving) | Henrietta Constance Walker was born in Victoria in 1892. She attended South Park School and married Harvey F. Walker, a land surveyor, in 1912. | 1454 |
| Walker, Mary Ann (nee Parker) | Mary Ann Walker was born on April 16, 1856. She was the daughter of John Parker Jr. | 2400 |
| Walker, Pearl & Clifford | Pearl E. Walker was the owner, with her brother Irving Bickerdike, of the Dominion Theatre on Yates Street. Her husband Clifford worked for Yarrows Shipyard from 1915-1948. | 1604 |
| Walker, Walter Mitchell | Walter Mitchell Walker was a fuel dealer. He also served as the reeve of Oak Bay, president of the Union Club and was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Masons. | 1131 |
| Wallace, Bob | 1139 | |
| Wallace, Jack | 1140 | |
| Wallace, Lawrie | 1138 | |
| Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. John | Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace were married in Metchosin in 1905. John worked as a warehouseman and as a civil servant. | 2397 |
| Wallace, R. | 2018 | |
| Waller, Frederick William | Frederick William Waller was borin in Victoria in 1880. He was on the Board of Directors of Rithet Consolidated Company. | 1182 |
| Wallis, H. Douglas | H. Douglas Wallis was born on December 28, 1899 in Kelowna. From 1929-1964, Wallis was a teacher at Victoria High School. | 2206 |
| Wallis, William | 595 | |
| Walsh, Roland James | Roland James Walsh was born in Victoria on October 1, 1913. He worked in a variety of jobs including founding one of the first hauling companies. | 1520 |
| Walton, John | 554 | |
| Ward, W.C. | 2504 | |
| Ward, William Curtis and Lydia (nee Sothcott) | William Curtis Ward was sent to Victoria at age 20 by the Bank of England to open up the first Bank of B.C. He married Lydia Sothcott of Hampshire on January 16, 1864. Ward was the first manager of the Bank of B.C. and also bought and developed the Douglas Lake Cattle Co. | 2327 |
| Warren, Captain James Douglas | Captain James Douglas Warren was a master mariner, pioneer sealer and trader along the Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Islands coasts. | 74 |
| Warren, Herbert | 2440 | |
| Warren, W. Herbert | W. Herbert Warren was City Parks Administrator for many years. | 1471 |
| Warren, William C. & Mary J. | 1472 | |
| Waterhouse, Thomas | Thomas Waterhouse was born in Yorshire, England. He worked as a machinist in Esquimalt. | 2226 |
| Watson, Adam and Mary | Adam Watson worked in a variety of jobs including blacksmith, machinist and as an owner of a foundry. | 1063 |
| Watson, Alex | 2503 | |
| Watson, Alexander | 2057 | |
| Watson, James and Martha | James Watson was a machinist He was also involved in the James Bay Athletic Association. | 2152 |
| Watson, John 'Gravity' | John 'Gravity' Watson was a stonemason. He was originally from Calgary where he served as an alderman. He moved to Victoria in 1912. | 1517 |
| Watson, Roy D. and Babs | Roy D. Watson was President of United Engineering Ltd. His wife Babs McClew arrived in Victoria in 1904. | 2153 |
| Webb, Cecil A. and Mary V. | Mary V. Webb was bornin Victoria on January 9, 1887. Her husband Cecil Arthur Webb was born in England and moved to Victoria in 1906. He worked as a teacher. Mary died on January 11, 1986. | 1038 |
| Webb, Joseph Wm. & Frances J. | Joseph William Webb settled with his family in the Highlands near Durrance Lake. | 1342 |
| Webster, Mr. and Mrs. David | David Webster was a marine engineer on the C.P.R. Steamship Islander. His fiance Mary Proudfoot Turnball arrived in Victoria in 1892 and they were married. The couple had five children. | 2137 |
| Weiler Brothers | Established by Mr. John Weiler in 1862. John Weiler run this successful upholstery and later furniture business until he retired in 1891. The business was taken over by his four sons, George, Otto, Charles, and Joseph. | 1200 |
| Weiler Brothers | Established by Mr. John Weiler in 1862. John Weiler run this successful upholstery and later furniture business until he retired in 1891. The business was taken over by his four sons, George, Otto, Charles, and Joseph. | 1502 |
| Weir, Adam | Adam Weir came to Victoria in 1853 at the age of 11. He later worked as a prospector and farmer. He died in Victoria on March 30, 1897. | 2249 |
| Weir, Alice Sophia (nee Peatt) | Alice Sophia Weir arrived in Victoria on January 7, 1860 to join her father and 3 siblings. He father manufactured boots and shoes. | 2247 |
| Weir, Gavin Frederick | Gavin Frederick Weir was born in Metchosin on June 30, 1884. He worked as a farmer. From 1902 to 1912 he drove a horse stage from Metchosin to Victoria. | 2246 |
| Weir, Robert de Vere | Robert de Vere Weir arrived in Victoria on January 16, 1853. He worked as the head stockman for the Hudson's Bay Company. In November 1854, he took up land in Metchosin and moved there with his four sons and two daughters. He died in Metchosin on April 2, 1894 at the age of 85. | 2248 |
| Wellburn, Gerald E. | Gerald E. Wellburn was a lumberman who became the founder of the B.C. Forest Museum. He was a lso a noted stamp collector and was presented with the Freeman of the City. | 1482 |
| Wellburn, Matthew and Geraldine | Matthew Wellburn established Wellburn's Grocery Store at Pandora and Cook. He died in 1969 at age 98. | 1765 |
| Wellburn, Tommy & Jean | Tommy Wellburn was a lumberman and builder and the son of Matthew Wellburn. He died in 1987. His wife Janet E. "Jean" Hepburn was born in Victoria in 1908 and died in 1991 | 1644 |
| Wellesley, Capt. George Greville | Served on the corvette Daedalus in 1850. | 68 |
| Wells Fargo Express | 1187 |
