Sayward
title: "Sayward" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-british-columbia", "northern-vancouver-island", "populated-places-in-the-strathcona-regional-district"] topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayward" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sayward |
| official_name | Village of Sayward |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | Buiobuione_Sayward_village_Sayward_Valley_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia_Canada_02.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia |
| pushpin_label_position | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Sayward in British Columbia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | British Columbia |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Vancouver Island |
| subdivision_type3 | Regional district |
| subdivision_name3 | Strathcona |
| leader_title | Governing body |
| leader_name | Sayward Village Council |
| leader_title1 | Mayor |
| leader_name1 | Mark Baker |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | Incorporated |
| established_date2 | 1968 |
| area_total_km2 | 4.72 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_as_of | 2006 |
| population_total | 311 |
| population_density_km2 | 72.2 |
| timezone | PST |
| utc_offset | -8 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 30 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | 19 |
| blank1_name | Waterways |
| blank1_info | Johnstone Strait |
| website | |
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| name = Sayward | official_name = Village of Sayward | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = Buiobuione_Sayward_village_Sayward_Valley_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia_Canada_02.jpg | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Vancouver Island#Canada British Columbia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sayward in British Columbia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = British Columbia | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Vancouver Island | subdivision_type3 = Regional district | subdivision_name3 = Strathcona | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Governing body | leader_name = Sayward Village Council | leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 = Mark Baker | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = Incorporated | established_date2 = 1968 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 4.72 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2006 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 311 | population_density_km2 = 72.2 | timezone = PST | utc_offset = -8 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 30 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = 19 | blank1_name = Waterways | blank1_info = Johnstone Strait | website = | footnotes = Sayward is a village located in the Sayward Valley on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is about 1 mi inland from Kelsey Bay on a spur from Highway 19.
The village (like its West Kootenays namesake) was called after William Parsons Sayward, a successful Victoria lumber merchant who was born in Maine in 1818 and came to Victoria from California in 1858. The 2016 population of the village was 311, down from 341 in 2006 and 379 in 2001. The village lies off the coast of Hardwicke Island.
Demographics
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 from its 2016 population of 311. With a land area of 4.44 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
References
References
- "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address". British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development.
- "Arrow Lakes News, 1 Apr 2017".
- "Biography – SAYWARD, WILLIAM PARSONS – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- Akrigg, G.P.V.. (1969). "1001 British Columbia Place Names". Discovery Press.
- "Census 2016: Census Subdivisions - BC Stats".
- [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=626&S=1&O=A&RPP=25&PR=59&CMA=0 Statistics Canada, 2006 Census]
- (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia". [[Statistics Canada]].
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