Sooke

Also known as Sooke, British Columbia, Sooke, BC

Sooke () 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sooke
Settlement.official_name: District of Sooke
Settlement.settlement_type: District municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Aerial photograph of Harrison Point.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Sooke within the Capital Regional District
Settlement.pushpin_map: Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Sooke within British Columbia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: British Columbia
Settlement.subdivision_type2

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Demographics
Ethnicity
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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" | |}