Oak Bay, British Columbia Oak Bay, British Columbia Oak Bay is a seaside municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the city of Victoria. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria. Oak Bay has several notable features which include: Oak Bay is home to several popular beaches, most notably Willows Beach. Oak Bay's motto, from its coat of arms, is "Sub Quercu Felicitas", Latin for "the oak happiness". Prior
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia duties. One such task unique to the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is authenticating with the Great Seal of British Columbia notarized documents to be used outside of the province. However, the issuance of a Certificate of Authentication only means the signature of the notary public matched the ones on file and not the authenticity or truthfulness of the texts themselves. Because Canada is not a signatory state to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, this procedure is simply called authentication instead of apostille. The viceroy is also expected to undertake various ceremonial roles.