Community Information
Salt Spring Island is the largest and most populated of the Canadian Gulf Islands at seventeen miles long and nine miles wide. Salt Spring lies in the sheltered waters off the east coast of Vancouver island, midway between Victoria and Vancouver BC. Salt Spring Island is accessible by three ferry routes and three scheduled airlines from Vancouver. Ganges is the primary village on Salt Spring and the location of most shops, stores, galleries and services.
Population is: 10,000
Roads: 650 km/410 miles
Annual sunshine: 2,000+ hours
Annual rainfall: 84 cms/ 34 inches
Mean Temperature: July 17C / 64 F
Frost free season: 8 months +
Highest point: Mount Bruce 709m/ 2326 feet
Schools: 1 high school, 1 middle school, 4 elementary
Hospital: 50 beds intermediate, care 51 beds, acute care 19 beds,
extended care 31 beds, 10 GPs, 5 specialists
Coast Guard: 2 boats, 11 staff
Ambulance: 1 station, 2 vehicles
Police RCMP: 1 station, 10 officers
Fire Halls: 3 stations, 8 trucks
Library: 1
Farms: 225
Public Docks: 7
Post Offices: 3
Movie Theatre: 1
Golf Courses: 2 Nine-hole courses
Ferry Terminals: 3
Fairgrounds: 1
Commercial Marinas: 4
Community Halls: 7
Churches: 16
Beaches: 22
Demographics
1340 Sunset Drive, Salt Spring Island BC
V8K 1E2, Canada
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