Metchosin

{{Infobox settlement | name = Metchosin | official_name = District of Metchosin | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = District municipality | motto = | image_skyline = Metchosin BC.JPG | image_caption = Metchosin town and fire hall | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | map_caption = Location of Metchosin within the Capital Regional District | pushpin_map = Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Metchosin in British Columbia | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = British Columbia | subdivision_type2 = Regional district | subdivision_name2 = Capital | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Governing body | leader_name = Metchosin Council | leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 = Marie-Térèse Little | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1840 | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1984 | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 69.57 | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 5,067 | population_density_km2 = 72.8 | population_demonym = Metchosinite | timezone = PST | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = group ! colspan="2" |2021 ! colspan="2" |2016 ! colspan="2" |2011 ! colspan="2" |2006 ! colspan="2" |2001 ! colspan="2" |1996 |- !Population| ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | European | 4,300 | | 4,245 | | 4,155 | | 4,360 | | 4,255 | | 4,155 | |- | Indigenous | 225 | | 135 | | 210 | | 115 | | 180 | | 40 | |- | East Asian | 85 | | 95 | | 70 | | 45 | | 25 | | 75 | |- | South Asian | 35 | | 10 | | 30 | | 45 | | 50 | | 20 | |- | African | 25 | | 10 | | 0 | | 35 | | 60 | | 75 | |- | Southeast Asian | 20 | | 20 | | 0 | | 20 | | 20 | | 60 | |- | Middle Eastern | 0 | | 10 | | 0 | | 20 | | 25 | | 10 | |- | Latin American | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 35 | | 20 | | 30 | |- | Other/Multiracial | 0 | | 10 | | 0 | | 15 | | 10 | | 0 | |- ! Total responses ! 4,710 ! ! 4,520 ! ! 4,490 ! ! 4,690 ! ! 4,625 ! ! 4,455 ! |- ! Total population ! 5,067 ! ! 4,708 ! ! 4,803 ! ! 4,795 ! ! 4,857 ! ! 4,709 ! |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="15" | |}

=== Religion === According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Metchosin included: Irreligion (3,120 persons or 66.2%) Christianity (1,480 persons or 31.4%) Buddhism (20 persons or 0.4%) Other (80 persons or 1.7%)