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The coastal town of Sidney is located on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island (the Strait of Georgia).
Sidney is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Sidney lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Sidney can be found in:
At the time of the 2006 StatCan Census, Sidney had a population of 11,315 people<2>. This is an increase of 3.53% since the previous Census (with 10,929 people in 2001).
With 11,315 people, Sidney represented 0.28% of the total population of British Columbia.
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2006
Population | Change
Since 2001 |
| | Bamberton |  SW | 6 mi [9.66 km] | --- | |
| | Brentwood Bay | SW | 5 mi [8.05 km] | --- | |
| | Colwood |  S | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 14,687 | 6.85% increase |
| | Cowichan Bay |  NW | 10 mi [16.09 km] | 15 | 50% increase |
| | Duncan | NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 4,986 | 6.11% increase |
| | Oak Bay | S | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 17,908 | 0.62% increase |
| | | | | <*> | When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001.The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. |
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To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Sidney.
Website for Sidney
| Official Website: | www.town.sidney.bc.ca/ |
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Search for Local BusinessesPeople are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Sidney. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.
If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).
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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Sidney: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Sidney? Please visit the Map Page for Sidney. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sidney - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Unless noted otherwise, the population counts we use are estimates. Our population values come different sources and should not be considered official. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Sidney and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
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| Last Modified: 06 Nov 2009 |
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