Saanich Explained

Saanich is an anglicization of the name of the Saanich people or W̱SÁNEĆ. It may refer to:

• the Saanich people, a group of indigenous peoples in British Columbia, Canada
• the Saanich dialect, a subdialect of North Straits Salish

Places

• the Saanich Peninsula, a region immediately north of Victoria, British Columbia, and the namesake of the three suburbs of that city located there:
  • Saanich, British Columbia, a district municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, within the Greater Victoria area
  • Central Saanich, British Columbia
  • North Saanich, British Columbia

Electoral districts

Federal

• Saanich—Gulf Islands, a federal electoral district 1988–
• Esquimalt—Saanich, a defunct federal electoral district 1953–1988
• Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, a federal electoral district 2014-, formerly named "Saanich—Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca"

Provincial

• Saanich South, a provincial electoral district 1990–
• Saanich North and the Islands, a provincial electoral district 1990–
• Saanich (electoral district), a provincial electoral district 1903–1963
• Saanich and the Islands, a defunct provincial electoral district 1966–1986

See also

• Saanichton, a village in Central Saanich, BC