Central Saanich

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Central Saanich

Total population

16,814

Elevation100 m

Land area41.33 km²

Coordinates48.59°, -123.42°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Central Saanich is a district municipality in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District. It is located on the Saanich Peninsula, in the far south-east of Vancouver Island. It is the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people. The district began as a farming community, and many hobby farms, along working farms and vineyards, still exist. In recent decades, the area has seen increasing residential, commercial, and industrial development, especially around the neighbourhoods of Brentwood Bay and Saanichton, which are occasionally referred to as separate communities.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Malahat
  7.1 mi away
• Mill Bay
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Shawnigan Lake
  10.1 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Xinupsum / Khenipsen
  15.3 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  15.6 mi away
• Metchosin
  15.8 mi away · pop. 5,067
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  16 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  16.5 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  17.1 mi away
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  18.1 mi away
• Mayne
  18.5 mi away · pop. 1,071
• Glenora
  18.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Central Saanich

Report of the 1999 MONITOR and REX workshops, and the 2000 MODEL workshop on lower trophic level modelling

Bernard A. Megrey · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
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  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 109 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 120 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 127 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 135 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 170 mi
• Wildfire PEARL HILL, Douglas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 180 mi
• Wildfire RANSIER, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 198 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

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