North Saanich

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North Saanich

Total population

11,249

Coordinates48.66°, -123.43°

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

Overview

The District of North Saanich is located on the Saanich Peninsula of British Columbia, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Victoria on southern Vancouver Island. It is one of the 13 Greater Victoria municipalities. The district is surrounded on three sides by 20 km (12 mi) of ocean shoreline, and consists of rural/residential areas and a large agricultural base. It is home to the Victoria International Airport and the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

I

Iain Brambell

Canadian rower

Patrick deWitt

Canadian novelist and screenwriter

Matt Irwin

professional ice hockey player

E

Eddy Carmack

Canadian geographer

G

Glen Suitor

Canadian sportscaster

I

Ian Soellner

modern pentathlete

Lorna Marsden

Canadian sociologist, and former politician (born 1942)

E

Erinne Willock

Canadian olympic cyclist

Micah Zandee-Hart

Canadian ice hockey player

A

Alexander McDonald

Canadian politician

Adam Olsen

Canadian politician

Karen Brain

Canadian Paralympic equestrian

S

Skip Beckwith

Canadian jazz musician (1939-2019)

K

Keith Hollands

badminton player

J

John F. Bosher

Canadian historian (1929–2020)

Daniel Diemer

Canadian actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Mill Bay
  5.7 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Shawnigan Lake
  8.7 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Malahat
  9 mi away
• Xinupsum / Khenipsen
  11.8 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  12.3 mi away
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  12.6 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  13.4 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  13.8 mi away
• Mayne
  14.7 mi away · pop. 1,071
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  15.1 mi away
• Glenora
  15.9 mi away
• Metchosin
  19.7 mi away · pop. 5,067

Browse all places in British Columbia →

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 North Saanich

Vanishing British Columbia

Michael Kluckner · 2005

Bedrock geology of the North Saanich-Cobble Hill area, British Columbia, Canada

John Michael Kachelmeyer · 1978

Saanich, North Straits Salish classified word list

Timothy Montler · 1991

Saanich ethnobotany

Nancy J. Turner · 2012

An outline of the morphology and phonology of Saanich, North Straits Salish

T. Montler · 1986

Home

Anny Scoones · 2004

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
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 91 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 110 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 121 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 130 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 138 mi
• Wildfire SINLAHEKIN, Okanogan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 171 mi
• Wildfire PEARL HILL, Douglas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-25 · 182 mi
• Wildfire RANSIER, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 202 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Brown-lined Looper

Neoalcis californiaria

Seen 2026-09-18

Northwestern Phoenix Moth

Eulithis xylina

Seen 2026-09-18

Dark Marbled Carpet

Dysstroma citrata

Seen 2026-09-18

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-17

grand fir

Abies grandis

Seen 2026-09-17

pearly everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Seen 2026-09-17

Herb Robert

Geranium robertianum

Seen 2026-09-17

Oregon grape

Berberis aquifolium

Seen 2026-09-17

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers