What is "saanich"

n. a member of the Native American people from British Columbia n. 1 a Native American people from British Columbia 2 the language of this people

Saanich was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance in the election of 1903 and its last in the general election of 1963 after which it was combined with parts of the former Nanaimo and the Islands riding to form Saanich and the Islands. The same area is currently represented by Saanich North and the Islands and Saanich South.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the area of Victoria, British Columbia please see Victoria (electoral districts).

Saanich is an anglicization of the name of the Saanich people or '' W̱SÁNEĆ''. It may refer to:

• the Saanich people, a group of indigenous peoples in British Columbia, Canada
• the Saanich dialect, a subdialect of North Straits Salish