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Central Saanich is a district municipality in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District. It is located on the Saanich Peninsula, in the far south-east of Vancouver Island. It is the traditional territory of the Saanich people people. The district began as a farming community, and many , along 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, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, and Island View Beach.
The mayor of Central Saanich is former district councillor Ryan Windsor. Municipal councillors last elected in 2022 include Niall Paltiel, Sarah Riddell, Zeb King, Bob Thompson, Gord Newton, and Christopher Graham.
| + Panethnicity groups in the District of Central Saanich (1996−2021) ! rowspan="2" | Panethnicity group ! colspan="2" | 2021 ! colspan="2" | 2016 ! colspan="2" | 2011 ! colspan="2" | 2006 ! colspan="2" | 2001 ! colspan="2" | 1996 | |||||||
| European | 15,065 | 14,745 | 14,435 | 14,585 | 14,635 | 13,635 | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 655 | 660 | 420 | 215 | 200 | 85 | ||||||||
| South Asian | 490 | 365 | 225 | 195 | 140 | 225 | ||||||||
| East Asian | 405 | 355 | 230 | 310 | 105 | 210 | ||||||||
| Southeast Asia | 255 | 175 | 115 | 205 | 175 | 100 | ||||||||
| African-Canadian | 105 | 80 | 115 | 35 | 50 | 105 | ||||||||
| Latin American | 90 | 50 | 65 | 25 | 10 | 45 | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 35 | 0 | 60 | 20 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial | 80 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 35 | ||||||||
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