Saanich

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

Overview

Saanich is an anglicization of the name of the Saanich people or W̱SÁNEĆ. It may refer to:the Saanich people, a group of indigenous peoples in British Columbia, Canada the Saanich dialect, a subdialect of North Straits Salish

Geography

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Metchosin
  9.1 mi away · pop. 5,067
• Malahat
  11.4 mi away
• Mill Bay
  15.6 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Shawnigan Lake
  17.5 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  24.3 mi away
• Shirley
  24.7 mi away
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  24.9 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  24.9 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  25.8 mi away
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  26.6 mi away
• Glenora
  26.6 mi away
• Sahtlam
  29.4 mi away

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Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Electric, Whatcom, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 108 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 117 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 120 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 128 mi
• Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 217 mi
• Wildfire MITRE ROCK, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 236 mi
• Wildfire HUDSPETH, Stevens, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 241 mi

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

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