Saanich--Gulf Islands

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 59029 · British Columbia

Current Member of Parliament

Green

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

122,150

2021 count

Median household income

$93,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age52.4

Average age48.6

Average household size2.3

Aged 0–1411.8%

Aged 15–6457.0%

Aged 65 and over31.2%

Aged 85 and over4.5%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$93,000

Average household income$118,700

Median individual income$44,400

Low income (LIM-AT)8.5%

Low income (LICO-AT)4.3%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate52.9%

Unemployment rate6.3%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)56.5%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree9.7%

High school diploma or equivalent27.4%

Any postsecondary credential62.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher34.8%

Housing

Owner households77.7%

Renter households22.0%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter15.4%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter40.7%

Owners in core housing need5.1%

Renters in core housing need22.0%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,010

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,380

Median dwelling value$950,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house58.7%

Semi-detached house3.4%

Row house7.2%

Apartment in a duplex16.0%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys11.6%

Apartment, five storeys or more1.2%

Language

Knows English only89.6%

Knows French only0.0%

Knows both official languages9.3%

Knows neither official language1.0%

Mother tongue English81.8%

Mother tongue French1.2%

Mother tongue neither English nor French14.9%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants21.8%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20211.9%

Non-permanent residents2.0%

Indigenous identity4.2%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van81.9%

Public transit5.5%

Walking6.3%

Bicycle3.5%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results