Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke is a federal
electoral district in
Greater Victoria, on the southern tip of
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...
in
British Columbia
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, Canada.
It was created by the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, came into effect in 2013, and first contested in the
general election on Monday October 19th, 2015.
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke encompasses portions of the south Island previously included in the electoral districts of
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca and
Saanich—Gulf Islands
Saanich—Gulf Islands is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It is named for its geographical location across the Gulf Islands and Saanich Peninsula ...
.
The riding contains the
Township of Esquimalt, the
City of Colwood, the
District of Metchosin,
View Royal
View Royal is a town in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. View Royal has a population of 10,858 residents. With over of parkland, View Royal includes Thetis, McKenzie, Pike ...
,
Sooke
Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, 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 ...
, as well as the North Quadra, Swan Lake and Cloverdale neighbourhoods in
Saanich East and all of
Saanich West. The population of the district was
113,004 in 2011.
The district was originally planned to be named "Saanich—Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca".
Demographics
:''According to the
Canada 2016 Census
The 2016 Canadian census was an enumeration of Canadian residents, which counted a population of 35,151,728, a change from its 2011 population of 33,476,688. The census, conducted by Statistics Canada, was Canada's seventh quinquennial census. ...
''
Languages: 86.2% English, 2.4% French, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.1% German, 1.0% Cantonese, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions (2011): 43.0% Christian (13.7% Catholic, 7.9% Anglican, 5.6% United Church, 2.6% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Presbyterian, 9.4% Other), 1.4% Sikh, 52.6% No religion
Median income (2015): $37,275
Average income (2015): $45,081
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the
House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
Notes
References
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British Columbia federal electoral districts
British Columbia federal electoral districts on Vancouver Island
Saanich, British Columbia