Central Saanich

Central Saanich covers the middle of the Saanich Peninsula, a rural municipality of protected farmland, wineries and Brentwood Bay, home to the world famous Butchart Gardens.

Butchart Gardens, transformed from a limestone quarry into one of the world's most visited display gardens over a century ago, draws visitors from around the globe to Brentwood Bay each year, and Tod Inlet nearby offers a quieter, forested paddling spot with its own industrial history.

Much of Central Saanich sits within the Agricultural Land Reserve, keeping farms, vineyards and market gardens working across the peninsula, and the municipality has increasingly become part of Vancouver Island's wine region alongside the Cowichan Valley.

Saanichton's small commercial core serves the surrounding rural community, and Central Saanich's combination of protected farmland, waterfront and proximity to both Victoria and the Swartz Bay ferry terminal gives it a genuinely rural feel inside a well connected peninsula.