Village · North Saanich, Victoria

North Saanich

Waterfront acreages, marinas and the ferry terminal

Long-term owners
Seniors
Quiet streets

North Saanich in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: Statistics Canada (approximate areas).

At a glance

North Saanich is a quiet Peninsula municipality of large lots, farms and shoreline, with the Swartz Bay ferry terminal and Victoria International Airport nearby. About 80% of homes are detached and 3% are apartments, 12% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.18M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $1.31M^*
Residents: 13,270
Households renting: 12%
Homes that are apartments: 3%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $1.18M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Victoria MLS® Home Price Index (+11% since then), that is about $1.31M, 33% above the Victoria median of $987K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
12% of households rent, well below the 39% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
35% are 65 or older, versus 23% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
80% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 37% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,235 at the 2021 census.

0-1411%

15-194%

20-244%

25-347%

35-449%

45-5411%

55-6418%

65+35%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,235 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached80%

Semi-detached2%

Row house4%

Duplex flat11%

Apartment under 5 storeys3%

Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Upfront closing costs¹

BC charges a tiered property transfer tax: 1% on the first $200,000, 2% to $2 million, then 3%, and 5% above $3 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

BC property transfer tax: $24,180

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for North Saanich. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.