Hi, most of the shops in Victoria used to close at 6pm with only a couple staying open till 9pm. When we were there last year we found many shops boarded up and closed down permanently after covid. Your ship is getting in late so if you can get off right away (and not have to wait a while for port clearance), you could take a taxi to the harbour front. It’’s a nice walk around there with the Parliament Buildings all lit up with hundreds of lights (that’s magical) and you can walk into the Empress Hotel for a drink (other bars will likely be open there as well). Just up the street from the Empress Hotel are the souvenir shops that you can walk to in a few minutes to check out if any are still open. Before the pandemic many were open very late in the summer tourist season. Things have changed. We walked from the cruise ship to the harbour front in about 30 minutes but that was in the day time. A taxi ride is quick and easy especially in the night.

Depending on what time of year it is as to who is open on weekends and who is open late.Go and enjoy yourself it is Victoria.