Esquimalt

{{Infobox settlement |name = Esquimalt |official_name = Corporation of the Township of Esquimalt |settlement_type = District municipality |motto = |image_skyline = Esquimalt - panoramio.jpg |image_alt = View of Esquimalt |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_map = |map_caption = Location of Esquimalt within the Capital Regional District |pushpin_map = Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Esquimalt within British Columbia |coordinates = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = British Columbia |subdivision_type2 = Regional district |subdivision_name2 = Capital |government_footnotes = |government_type = Municipal council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Barb Desjardins |leader_title1 = City Council |leader_name1 = Esquimalt Municipal Council |leader_title2 = MP |leader_name2 = Stephanie McLean (LPC) |leader_title3 = MLA |leader_name3 = Darlene Rotchford (NDP) |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = 1912 |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = 7.08 |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2021 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 17,533 |population_density_km2 = 2,476.7 |timezone = PST |utc_offset = −08:00 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = −07:00 |elevation_footnotes = group ! colspan="2" |2021 ! colspan="2" |2016 ! colspan="2" |2011 ! colspan="2" |2006 ! colspan="2" |2001 ! colspan="2" |1996 |- !Population| ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | European | 13,955 | | 14,010 | | 13,760 | | 14,705 | | 14,390 | | 14,540 | |- | Indigenous | 970 | | 1,190 | | 1,080 | | 930 | | 730 | | 730 | |- | Southeast Asian | 635 | | 485 | | 350 | | 230 | | 240 | | 190 | |- | East Asian | 505 | | 490 | | 250 | | 375 | | 325 | | 210 | |- | African | 405 | | 275 | | 140 | | 120 | | 140 | | 90 | |- | South Asian | 305 | | 195 | | 155 | | 160 | | 55 | | 120 | |- | Latin American | 215 | | 110 | | 105 | | 155 | | 90 | | 45 | |- | Middle Eastern | 105 | | 80 | | 0 | | 20 | | 15 | | 10 | |- | Other/Multiracial | 190 | | 95 | | 65 | | 30 | | 10 | | 55 | |- ! Total responses ! 17,290 ! ! 16,925 ! ! 15,935 ! ! 16,705 ! ! 15,990 ! ! 16,000 ! |- ! Total population ! 17,533 ! ! 17,655 ! ! 16,209 ! ! 16,840 ! ! 16,127 ! ! 16,151 ! |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="15" | |}

=== Religion === According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Esquimalt included: Irreligion (10,705 persons or 61.9%) Christianity (5,540 persons or 32.0%) Buddhism (265 persons or 1.5%) Islam (150 persons or 0.9%) Judaism (120 persons or 0.7%) Hinduism (60 persons or 0.3%) Sikhism (50 persons or 0.3%) Indigenous Spirituality (35 persons or 0.2%)