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Choose to live at The Kensington Victoria retirement home and experience the warmth of an old English Inn surrounded by lush gardens and colourful walking paths.

The Kensington Victoria

Keep your days, evenings, and weekends as busy as you like to enjoy a vibrant and independent senior lifestyle. Located in the Gordon Head area of Victoria, enjoy living in a beautiful and established residential neighbourhood. We’re conveniently located across from the University Heights shopping centre and close to medical services, parks, recreation centers, and more.

Everything is designed to enable you to maintain your independence and privacy, enjoy a full social life, and participate in the activities you love. Our caring and friendly staff and appealing accommodations support who you are and how you want to live in freedom and comfort. With retirement living at The Kensington Victoria, you change your address, not your life.


Mission Let us welcome you home™ Our mission is to provide home-style living for seniors. We seek to provide the best quality of life possible by enabling each resident to experience a full and independent lifestyle.
Vision A resident-centered approach We envision every person feeling at home. Here at Optima Living, we feel it is an honour to work with you and we advocate a resident-centered approach where you, the resident, are the focus of all our endeavours.
Values Respect, Dignity, Collaboration
We respect you We actively listen to provide a dignified and welcoming home where everyone feels comfortable and supported to live their best life.
We uphold your dignity We respect what you say and support your right to make choices yourself.
We do the right thing We are passionate about doing right by you every day.
We work together We work with one another to create an empowering, inviting, and person-centered home, uplifted by the diversity we create as a community.


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3965 Shelbourne St, Victoria, British Columbia, V8N 6J4

250-477-1232

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