Village · Sidney, Victoria

Sidney

A walkable seaside town with bookshops, a pier and a ferry nearby

Seniors
Food lovers
Quiet streets

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

At a glance

Sidney is a compact town on the Saanich Peninsula, with a walkable Beacon Avenue, a waterfront pier, bookshops and a high share of seniors. About 35% of homes are detached and 33% are apartments, 23% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $742K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $823K^*
Residents: 13,370
Households renting: 23%
Homes that are apartments: 33%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $742K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Victoria MLS® Home Price Index (+11% since then), that is about $823K, 17% below the Victoria median of $987K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
23% of households rent, well below the 39% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
Only 9% of residents are under 15, versus 13% city-wide.
45% are 65 or older, versus 23% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
Housing is a mix: 33% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,318 at the 2021 census.

0-149%

15-193%

20-243%

25-347%

35-449%

45-549%

55-6415%

65+45%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,318 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached35%

Semi-detached8%

Row house10%

Duplex flat13%

Apartment under 5 storeys29%

Apartment 5+ storeys4%

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: $14,460

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 Sidney. 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.