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Sayward

Sayward
Village
Village of Sayward[1]
Sayward is located in Vancouver Island
Sayward
Sayward
Location of Sayward in British Columbia
Sayward is located in British Columbia
Sayward
Sayward
Sayward (British Columbia)
Coordinates: 50°23′1″N 125°57′37″W / 50.38361°N 125.96028°W / 50.38361; -125.96028
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionVancouver Island
Regional districtStrathcona
Incorporated1968
Government
 • Governing bodySayward Village Council
 • MayorMark Baker
Area
 • Total
4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
311
 • Density72.2/km2 (187/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
Highways19
WaterwaysJohnstone Strait
WebsiteOfficial website

Sayward is a village located in the Sayward Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) inland from Kelsey Bay on a spur from Highway 19.

The village (like its West Kootenays namesake)[2] was called after William Parsons Sayward,[3] a successful Victoria lumber merchant who was born in Maine in 1818 and came to Victoria from California in 1858.[4]: 153  The 2016 population of the village was 311,[5] down from 341 in 2006 and 379 in 2001.[6] The village lies off the coast of Hardwicke Island.

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sayward had a population of 334 living in 166 of its 182 total private dwellings, a change of 7.4% from its 2016 population of 311. With a land area of 4.44 km2 (1.71 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.2/km2 (194.8/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

See also

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Sayward School

References

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  1. ^ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Arrow Lakes News, 1 Apr 2017". www.arrowlakesnews.com.
  3. ^ "Biography – SAYWARD, WILLIAM PARSONS – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  4. ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1969), 1001 British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1973 ed.), Vancouver: Discovery Press
  5. ^ "Census 2016: Census Subdivisions - BC Stats". www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
  6. ^ Statistics Canada, 2006 Census
  7. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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