Capital

Regional District in British Columbia

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2022-07-01	Population Estimate 2025-07-01
Capital	Regional District	342,720	357,305	374,667	407,299	445,011	464,082
Becher Bay 1	Indian Reserve	160	185	288	158	239	250	→
Central Saanich	District Municipality	15,960	16,164	16,368	17,626	18,171	18,184	→
Cole Bay 3	Indian Reserve	269	279	333	329	286	298	→
Colwood	City	14,500	15,459	16,664	17,949	20,972	22,794	→
East Saanich 2	Indian Reserve	1,520	1,678	1,719	1,756	1,883	1,962	→
Esquimalt	District Municipality	16,991	17,370	17,252	18,382	18,759	19,512	→
Esquimalt	Indian Reserve	101	112	116	123	129	135	→
Galiano Island 9	Indian Reserve	0	0	0	0	0	0	→
Gordon River 2	Indian Reserve	111	102	103	109	86	90	→
Highlands	District Municipality	1,792	1,966	2,226	2,409	2,691	2,753	→
Juan de Fuca (Part 1)	Regional District Electoral Area	4,050	4,333	4,424	4,987	5,469	5,439	→
Juan de Fuca (Part 2)	Regional District Electoral Area	180	237	227	248	426	444	→
Langford	City	20,407	24,630	31,733	39,577	52,484	59,664	→
Metchosin	District Municipality	5,032	4,852	4,928	5,031	5,329	5,207	→
New Songhees 1A	Indian Reserve	1,893	1,675	1,702	1,981	1,969	2,052	→
North Saanich	District Municipality	10,829	10,965	11,287	11,678	13,045	12,986	→
Oak Bay	District Municipality	18,368	18,388	18,394	18,382	18,815	18,626	→
Saanich	District Municipality	108,687	111,192	113,278	119,841	124,028	126,011	→
Saltspring Island (Capital F)	Regional District Electoral Area	9,631	9,960	10,588	11,123	12,202	12,429	→
Sidney	Town	11,332	11,417	11,428	12,193	13,060	13,445	→
Sooke	District Municipality	9,255	10,285	12,276	14,109	16,432	17,248	→
Southern Gulf Islands (Capital G)	Regional District Electoral Area	4,603	5,089	4,848	5,147	6,421	6,691	→
South Saanich 1	Indian Reserve	608	637	851	835	768	799	→
T'Sou-ke	Indian Reserve	180	225	226	237	246	257	→
Union Bay 4	Indian Reserve	106	116	115	102	118	123	→
Victoria	City	78,295	80,957	83,422	91,802	98,540	103,888	→
View Royal	Town	7,860	9,032	9,871	11,185	12,443	12,795	→
British Columbia	Province	4,100,504	4,290,987	4,570,866	4,934,202	5,358,845	5,697,536

Source: Statistics Canada.

Explanation: In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	200,970
Females	214,485

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	63,705
18-64 years	252,100
65+ years	99,640

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	5,705
80-89 years	18,910
70-79 years	45,245
60-69 years	60,115
50-59 years	55,025
40-49 years	50,900
30-39 years	56,820
20-29 years	51,310
10-19 years	37,435
0-9 years	33,975

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Canada	312,985
America	16,360
Europe	34,305
Africa	4,600
Asia	35,775
Oceania	2,055

Mother Tongue (C 2021)
English	338,195
French	6,515
Indigenous language	200
Other language	55,170
Multiple languages	9,855