North Saanich Community Resources

Essential services, supports, parks & trails

Your Guide to Local Support and Outdoor Connections in North Saanich

North Saanich is a community that looks out for one another. From emergency preparedness and food security to neighborhood support services, local resources are here to help residents feel safe, connected, and cared for. Whether it’s knowing where to go in a crisis, finding support at the food bank, or accessing municipal services, these organizations form the backbone of our community’s resilience.

This list comprises essential emergency services, including fire and RCMP, as well as crisis response and mental health support services. Urgent responses in the cases of observing a spill in the ocean or a waterway, an injured animal, or a water main break, for example, are here in one place. The District of North Saanich also provides other services such as its green waste composting facility, and air quality monitoring via the Purple Air network.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with other essential services you would like to see added to these lists.

Emergencies

If you cannot remain in your home (the best place for emergency services to reach you) during an emergency, please look up primary muster points in North Saanich here
Emergency: call 911
RCMP non-emergency line, and bylaw and noise complaints:
250-656-3931
North Saanich Fire Department non-emergency numbers:
Regular business hours:
1-250-656-1931

After hours:
1-822-537-6725 (ask for North Saanich Duty Officer)
Fire Hall locations (links to Google maps)
North Saanich Fire Department, 986 Wain Road
North Saanich Fire Department, 1665 McTavish Road
Crisis Response Community Led:
CRCL Mobile crisis response and mental health support serves the entire peninsula including North Saanich:
250-818-2454
Main switchboard, District of North Saanich
1620 Mills Rd, North Saanich
250-656-0781
Sign-up for the Saanich Peninsula Alert
Saanich Peninsula Emergency Measures Organization (PEMO)
Prepare Yourself workbook, of the LGEPAC Commission of the CRD. PDF file.

Urgent issues

Public Works Emergencies: water main break, noise complaint, bylaw concerns
North Saanich Public Works:
Business hours 250-655-5480, and after-hours 250-920-9235
Hazardous spill – Storm Drain, Ditch, Public Road
North Saanich Public Works: Business hours 250-656-0781, and after-hours 250-920-9235
Canadian Coast Guard, immediate hazards (oil/fuel leaks, navigational hazards)
B.C. 24/7: 1-800-889-8852
Hazardous spill in ocean, waterway. For a spill impacting a body of water in the Capital Regional District, contact Emergency Management BC spill line:
1-800-663-3456
Abandoned or Problem Boats:
Contact CRD: 250-360-3030 or infoline@crd.bc.ca
North Saanich is part of the Saanich Peninsula Harbours & Waterways Initiative, efforts coordinated by CRD
Injured wildlife
Call SPCA at 250-388-7722, and after hours, 1-800-663-9453
Public Safety Concerns & Animal Care Issues
CRD Animal Control at 250-478-0624, and after hours, 1-800-884-0919
Bear or cougar sightings, or other wildlife problems
BC Conservation Officer: 1-800-663-9453
Marine mammals
Department of Fisheries and Oceans at 250-363-3252

Food Bank

Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank
9586 Fifth Street, Sidney

Community Services

North Saanich Green Waste Facility
10180 Littlewood Road
Shoreline Medical Youth Clinic
(250) 656-4143
Beacon Community Services
9860 Third St, Sidney
Click here for link to Children, Youth & Family Support
North Saanich Air Quality Monitoring
Click here to see air quality in real time: Purple Air map of North Saanich

Please contact us at NSC.community@proton.me for any additions or corrections to this list.