Central Saanich

District municipality

The Corporation of the District of Central Saanich^[1]

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Nickname(s): Cen Saan

Location of Central Saanich in British Columbia

Coordinates: 48°30′51″N 123°23′2″W / 48.51417°N 123.38389°WCoordinates: 48°30′51″N 123°23′2″W / 48.51417°N 123.38389°W

Country

Canada

Capital Regional District

Incorporated

1950

Government

• Governing body

Central Saanich District Council

• Mayor

Ryan Windsor

Area

• Total

41.33 km² (15.96 sq mi)

Elevation

100 m (300 ft)

Population (2011)

• Total

15,936

• Density

385.6/km² (999/sq mi)

Time zone

PST (UTC-8)

Highways

Waterways

Strait of Juan de Fuca, Saanich Inlet, Tod Inlet

Website

District of Central Saanich

Central Saanich is a district municipality in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District. It is located on the Saanich Peninsula. The district began as a farming community, and many hobby farms, along with a handful of small 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.

The area's best-known tourist attractions are the Butchart Gardens, located in the Brentwood Bay area and Island View Beach.

The mayor of Central Saanich is former district councillor Ryan Windsor. Municipal councillors last elected in 2014^[2] include Niall Paltiel, Carl Jensen, Alicia Cormier, Bob Thompson, Christopher Graham, and Zeb King.

Neighbourhoods of Central Saanich

Brentwood Bay
Island View
Saanichton
Keating
Tanner Ridge (also Saanich)

Famous Residents

Jamie Benn, ice hockey winger for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Wife and husband Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane, both award-winning Canadian poets.

Demographics

Canada 2006 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source:^[3]	Chinese	265	7000170000000000000♠1.7%
	South Asian	195	7000120000000000000♠1.2%
	Black	35	6999200000000000000♠0.2%
	Filipino	145	6999900000000000000♠0.9%
	Latin American	25	6999200000000000000♠0.2%
	Southeast Asian	60	6999400000000000000♠0.4%
	Arab	10	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
	West Asian	0	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Korean	15	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
	Japanese	30	6999200000000000000♠0.2%
	Other visible minority	0	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Mixed visible minority	15	6999100000000000000♠0.1%
Total visible minority population		805	7000520000000000000♠5.2%
Aboriginal group Source:^[4]	First Nations	215	7000140000000099999♠1.4%
	Métis	0	5000000000000000000♠0%
	Inuit	0	5000000000000000000♠0%
Total Aboriginal population		215	7000140000000099999♠1.4%
White		14,585	7001935000000000000♠93.5%
Total population		15,605	100%

References

↑ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
↑ http://www.peninsulanewsreview.com/news/282839371.html
↑ "Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada - Census Subdivision". 2.statcan.gc.ca. 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
↑ "Aboriginal Peoples - Data table". 2.statcan.ca. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2013-04-13.

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District of Central Saanich, BC

Communities on Vancouver Island

Members of the Capital Regional District

Municipalities	Central Saanich Colwood Esquimalt Highlands Langford Metchosin North Saanich Oak Bay Saanich Sidney Sooke Victoria View Royal

Electoral areas	B & D (Juan de Fuca) F (Salt Spring Island) G (Southern Gulf Islands)

Neighbourhoods in Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria	Chinatown Cook Street Village Downtown East Burnside–Gorge Fairfield Fernwood Harris Green Hillside Humboldt Valley James Bay Jubilee North Park Rock Bay Rockland Victoria West

Saanich	Beaver Lake – Elk Lake Broadmead–Sunnymead Cadboro Bay Cedar Hill Cloverdale Cordova Bay Glanford Gordon Head Gorge–Tillicum, Interurban Lake Hill Maplewood Marigold Mount Douglas Mount Tolmie – Lansdowne Prospect Lake Royal Oak Saanichton Strawberry Vale Swan Lake Ten Mile Point Town and Country – Burnside West Saanich

West Shore	Bear Mountain Belmont Park Colwood Glen Lake Goldstream Happy Valley Hatley Park Langford Luxton Mill Hill Millstream Thetis Lake

Other areas	Brentwood Bay Broom Hill Cloak Hill Craigflower Dean Park Deep Cove Durrance Lake East Sooke Florence Lake Gonzales Gorge Vale Island View Kemp Lake Lands End Matheson Lake Otter Point Pat Bay Ravenwood Rockheights Rocky Point Saseenos Songhees Sooke Swartz Bay Uplands Whiffen Spit William Head Willis Point Willows Beach Windsor Park Work Point

Subdivisions of British Columbia

Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts Health regions Counties (court system)

Communities	Municipalities Cities District municipalities Indian government districts Island municipalities Mountain resort municipalities Regional municipalities Resort municipalities Towns Villages Ghost towns Indian reserves

Metro areas and agglomerations	Abbotsford–Mission Kelowna Vancouver Victoria Census agglomerations

District municipalities	Barriere Central Saanich Chetwynd Clearwater Coldstream Delta Elkford Esquimalt Fort St. James Highlands Hope Houston Hudson's Hope Invermere Kent Lake Country Langley Lantzville Lillooet Logan Lake Mackenzie Maple Ridge Metchosin Mission New Hazelton North Cowichan North Saanich North Vancouver Oak Bay 100 Mile House Peachland Port Edward Port Hardy Saanich Sechelt Sicamous Sooke Spallumcheen Sparwood Squamish Stewart Summerland Taylor Tofino Tumbler Ridge Ucluelet Vanderhoof Wells West Kelowna West Vancouver

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