Our History

Sidney (pop 11,300) lies at the northern tip of the Saanich Peninsula about 20 km north of Victoria.  First settled by Europeans about 1858, it thrived through marine and rail transportation links which among other commodities, carried agricultural produce.  The climate on the peninsula is atypical of that prevailing over almost the whole of the rest of Canada.  Summers are dry and winters are wet with only rare hard frosts and often with no snow at all.  Great for gardening