Saanich
Small city · British Columbia · Population 117,735
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.7% · 2016: 39.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 13.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.2%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.6%2016: 23.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.3%2016: 28.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.1%2016: 20.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22%2011: 23.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27%2011: 27.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.4%2016: 27.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.9%2011: 12.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.1%2016: 6.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.9%2016: 23.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.6%2016: 7.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.9%2016: 24.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43.6%2016: 37.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.5%2016: 89.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.9%2016: 8.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.6%2016: 1.7%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.1%2016: 77.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%22.8%2016: 21.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.2%2016: 70%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.8%2016: 30%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%46.6%2016: 47.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.6%2016: 7.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%21.5%2016: 22.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.3%2016: 19%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.3%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%77.2%2016: 73.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.8%2016: 11.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.3%2016: 6.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.1%2016: 6.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021