The District of Highlands (locally known as "the Highlands") is a district municipality near

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, British Columbia, Canada. As one of the Western Communities, or West Shore municipalities, outside Victoria, Highlands has a population of 2,225 as of 2016. The region stretches along the

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shoreline from north of

Goldstream Two different neighbourhoods located in Langford, British Columbia in Greater Victoria on southern Vancouver Island include the name Goldstream. Goldstream Meadows is a neighbourhood in the city of Langford, on the northwest outskirts of Gre ...

to Mackenzie Bight. Highlands is one of the more undeveloped areas of the

Greater Victoria Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is usually defined as the thirteen municipalities of the Capital Regional District (CRD) o ...

region; it is one of the newest Greater Victoria municipalities created within the

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. Although the area is seen as a target for residential expansion of the

region, it is known mainly for its lakes, hills, and wilderness. It is home to many parks, notably large portions of

Gowlland Tod Provincial Park Gowlland Tod Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park protects 1,219 hectares (3,012 acres) of mixed forest of Douglas-fir, Arbutus, western redcedar, western hemlock, shore pine, grand fir, red alder, and Garr ...

Mount Work Mount Work is a mountain in the Gowlland Range on southern Vancouver Island. It is located within Mount Work Regional Park in the District of Highlands, near Gowlland Tod Provincial Park and Goldstream Provincial Park Goldstream Provincial P ...

Regional Park, and Lone Tree Hill Regional Park. The nearest commercial shopping areas are in the adjacent municipality of Langford. Public education is provided by the

Sooke School District Sooke School District 62 is a school district in British Columbia, Canada. It includes the suburbs of Victoria known as the Western Communities (or WestShore) as well as the mostly rural areas around the sea-side villages of Sooke and Port Ren ...

's elementary, middle, and secondary schools in Langford.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Highlands had a population of 2,482 living in 906 of its 927 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 2,225. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Highlands included: *

Irreligion Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and ...

(2,010 persons or 75.4%) *

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global popula ...

(605 persons or 22.7%) *

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in th ...

(10 persons or 0.4%) *Other (35 persons or 1.3%)

References

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* * {{authority control District municipalities in British Columbia Populated places in the Capital Regional District Saanich Peninsula Greater Victoria