| Official Name: | Island View Beach |
| Other Name: | island view |
| Nickname: | I-View |
| Motto: | bring your dog |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | none |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Island View Beach, British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vancouver Island |
| Subdivision Type3: | Regional district |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capital Regional District |
| Area Total Km2: | .42 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Metro: | 0 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Coordinates: | 48.5725°N -123.3667°W |
| Elevation M: | 0 |
| Elevation Ft: | 0 |
| Area Code: | 250 |
| Blank Info: | 17 |
| Website: | District of Central Saanich |
Island View Beach is located on the Eastern Cordova shore of the Saanich Peninsula, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Much of the southern part of the foreshore make up the public Island View Beach Regional Park. The Tsawout First Nation has a reservation fronting much of the northern end of the beach. The Tsawout have been living and gathering seafood from the ocean and well as gathering local medicinal plants, as part of the culture for thousands of years.[1] The first known European visitors were James Douglas and first mate Scott M. Jenkin in the latter half of the 18th century. Located southwest of James Island, to locals it is known as the "Beach of Destiny". Located at Homathko and Puckle Road, public parking. There is a public campground (part of the regional park) which is open for the summer season from the Victoria Day long weekend in May to the Labour Day long weekend in September.[2]
The Island View Beach terrain consists of beach, dune, and marshland that supports animal and plant species.