Sooke

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Sooke

Total population

15,086

Founded

1999

Elevation50 m

Land area56.62 km²

Coordinates48.38°, -123.73°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, 38 kilometres (24 mi) by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke Basin. It is a regional centre for residents in neighbouring communities, including Otter Point, Shirley and Jordan River.

History & geography

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

Geography

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Shirley
  8 mi away
• Metchosin
  9 mi away · pop. 5,067
• Malahat
  14.5 mi away
• River Jordan
  15.2 mi away
• Shawnigan Lake
  19.4 mi away · pop. 8,127
• Mill Bay
  20.2 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Glenora
  25.8 mi away
• Xwulqw’selu / Koksilah
  26 mi away
• Lhumlhumuluts’ / Clemclemluts
  26.3 mi away
• S’amuna’ / Somena
  27 mi away
• Qw’umiyiqun / Comiaken
  27.3 mi away
• Kwa’mutsun / Quamichan
  27.5 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 Sooke

East Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Sooke sheet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Fauna of the Sooke formation, Vancouver Island

Bruce L. Clark · 1923

Pacific yachting's cruising guide to British Columbia

W. H. Wolferstan · 1976

Pacific Yachting's Cruising Guide go British Columbia Vol. IV (Four)

Don Watmough · 1984

Gabbros of East Sooke and Rocky Point

Harold Caswell Cooke · 1919

Sooke and Duncan map-areas, Vancouver Island

C. H. Clapp · 1917

Report on explorations in British Columbia, chiefly in the basins of the Blackwater, Salmon, and Nechacco Rivers, and on François Lake

George M. Dawson · 1878

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

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• Wildfire Thunder Creek, Skagit, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 124 mi
• Wildfire KING, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-19 · 131 mi
• Wildfire SISI, Chelan, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 133 mi
• Wildfire GOAT, Kittitas, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 139 mi
• Wildfire Colwash, Yakima, Washington
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 225 mi
• Wildfire Austin Non-Stat, Clackamas, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 247 mi
• Wildfire AUSTIN, Clackamas, Oregon
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 247 mi

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

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