North Saanich

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District of North Saanich
District
Motto: "Eetsun-Hunnumut" "The place where it's good to be"
Location of District of North Saanich within the Capital District in British Columbia, Canada
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Vancouver Island
Regional district	Capital Regional District
Incorporated	1965
Government
• Governing body	North Saanich Municipal Council
• Mayor	Alice Finall
Area
• Total	37.25 km² (14.38 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	11,089
• Density	297.7/km² (771/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
Highways	17, 17A
Waterways	Strait of Georgia Saanich Inlet
Website	North Saanich

North Saanich is located on the Saanich Peninsula, approximately 25 km (16 mi) north of Victoria, British Columbia 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 and is home to the Victoria International Airport and the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal.

History

In July 1905, North Saanich, then including the townsite of Sidney, was incorporated with the original Municipal Hall located in Sidney. Lacking population and a firm tax base, the municipality was dissolved in 1911. In 1940, the site of the present Victoria International Airport was selected as a military forces base and the area boomed with the influx of 10,000 military personnel, leading to incorporation for the Village of Sidney in 1952. Four years later, the residents of the North Saanich unorganized area, numbering 2,865, requested that letters patent be issued to form the "North Saanich Fire Prevention District" with power to own property, to tax and to borrow. In 1965, after a favourable public vote, the letters patent were withdrawn and the North Saanich Municipal District was established with offices at the present location on Mills Road.

The British actor Sebastian Cabot lived in North Saanich before his death.

Demographics

Canada 2006 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source:^[1]	Chinese	240	70002200000000000002.2%
	South Asian	60	69996000000000000000.6%
	Black	75	69997000000000000000.7%
	Filipino	15	69991000000000000000.1%
	Latin American	35	69993000000000000000.3%
	Southeast Asian	0	50000000000000000000%
	Arab	45	69994000000000000000.4%
	West Asian	10	69991000000000000000.1%
	Korean	10	69991000000000000000.1%
	Japanese	30	69993000000000000000.3%
	Other visible minority	0	50000000000000000000%
	Mixed visible minority	10	69991000000000000000.1%
Total visible minority population		525	70004900000000000004.9%
Aboriginal group Source:^[2]	First Nations	125	70001200000000000001.2%
	Métis	0	50000000000000000000%
	Inuit	0	50000000000000000000%
Total Aboriginal population		125	70001200000000000001.2%
White		10,125	700194000000000000094%
Total population		10,775	100%

Fauna

The largest animal likely to be found in North Saanich is the black-tailed deer. Other native mammals include the mink, otter, raccoon, and deer mouse. Of introduced mammal species, the cottontail rabbit and gray squirrel are often seen. Common native birds include the northwestern crow, common raven, bald eagle, turkey vulture, American robin, varied thrush, Steller's Jay, and several species of gull. Introduced birds are represented by the abundant common starling and the declining skylark.

Flora

The most common native tree in North Saanich is Douglas-fir. The other common large conifers are grand fir and western red cedar. Western hemlock is occasionally found. Pacific yew is a frequent understory tree. The arbutus is a large broadleaf evergreen species. Large deciduous trees are black cottonwood, bigleaf maple, red alder, and Garry oak. Small deciduous species include bitter cherry, cascara, Pacific crab apple, Pacific dogwood, quaking aspen, Douglas maple, Common Hawthorn and willow.

Council

The 2011-2013 council is:

Mayor Alice Finall (http://www.northsaanich.ca/Municipal_Hall/Mayor_and_Council.htm)
Councillor Dunstan Browne
Councillor Ted Daly
Councillor Conny McBride
Councillor Elsie McMurphy
Councillor Craig Mearns
Councillor Celia Stock

Education

Public schools serving North Saanich residents are operated by School District 63 Saanich. These include ḰELSET, Deep Cove, and Sidney Elementary Schools; North Saanich Middle School; and Parkland Secondary School.

Neighbourhoods

Ardmore
Cloake Hill
Dean Park
Deep Cove
Land's End
Patricia Bay ("Pat Bay")
Sandown

Attractions

Victoria International Airport

British Columbia Aviation Museum
Dunsmuir Lodge Conference Centre of the University of Victoria
Institute of Ocean Sciences
North Saanich Bike Park
443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron (Canadian Forces)
Victoria International Airport
Panorama Recreation Center
the new environmental friendly North Saanich Middle School

References

↑ "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.

External links

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North Saanich

Communities on Vancouver Island

v t e 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)

v t e 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 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 Saanichton Saseenos Songhees Swartz Bay Uplands Whiffen Spit William Head Willis Point Willows Beach Windsor Park Work Point

v t e Subdivisions of British Columbia

Subdivisions	Regions Regional districts Forest regions and districts Ministry of Environment regions School districts Land districts

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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Coordinates: 48°36′51″N 123°25′12″W / 48.614167°N 123.419889°W / 48.614167; -123.419889

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