Sooke
Sign in to saveSooke () is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke Basin. It is a regional centre for residents in neighbouring communities, including Otter Point, Shirley and Jordan River.
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- Sooke
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- District of Sooke
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- District municipality
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- Aerial photograph of Harrison Point.jpg
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- Location of Sooke within the Capital Regional District
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- Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia
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- Location of Sooke within British Columbia
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- Country
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- Canada
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- Province
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- British Columbia
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- Regional district
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- Capital
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- Mayor
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- Maja Tait
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- Councillors
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- Jeff Bateman, Al Beddows, Megan McMath, Kevin Pearson, Tony St-Pierre.
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- MP
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== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sooke had a population of 15,086 living in 6,129 of its 6,431 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 13,001. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
=== Ethnicity === {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Panethnic groups in the District of Sooke (2001−2021) ! rowspan="2" |Panethnicgroup ! colspan="2" |2021 ! colspan="2" |2016 ! colspan="2" |2011 ! colspan="2" |2006 ! colspan="2" |2001 |- !Population| ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | European | 13,135 | | 11,565 | | 10,380 | | 8,850 | | 8,170 | |- | Indigenous | 1,065 | | 865 | | 655 | | 390 | | 315 | |- | East Asian | 215 | | 190 | | 75 | | 120 | | 85 | |- | Southeast Asian | 190 | | 100 | | 55 | | 50 | | 50 | |- | Latin American | 90 | | 20 | | 40 | | 20 | | 40 | |- | South Asian | 85 | | 65 | | 70 | | 120 | | 15 | |- | African | 85 | | 35 | | 80 | | 80 | | 30 | |- | Middle Eastern | 25 | | 10 | | 0 | | 20 | | 10 | |- | Other/Multiracial | 75 | | 45 | | 0 | | 45 | | 10 | |- ! Total responses ! 14,975 ! ! 12,895 ! ! 11,355 ! ! 9,690 ! ! 8,715 ! |- ! Total population ! 15,086 ! ! 13,001 ! ! 11,435 ! ! 9,704 ! ! 8,735 ! |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="15" | |}