Saanich
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Federal
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Saanichton, a village in Central Saanich, BC