Oak Bay, British Columbia

{{For-multi|the electoral district|Oak Bay (electoral district)}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=January 2019}} {{promotional|date=January 2019}} }} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Oak Bay |official_name = The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay<ref name=BCmunis>{{cite web | url=http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls | title=British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address | publisher=British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development | type=XLS | access-date=November 2, 2014 | archive-date=July 13, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004716/http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/infra/library/Name%20Incorp%202011.xls | url-status=dead }}</ref> |other_name = |native_name = |settlement_type = District municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Oak Bay.jpg |image_caption = |image_shield = OakBayCoatofArms.gif |shield_size = 100x90px |image_map = {{Location map+ |CAN BC Capital |caption = |float = center | places = {{Location map~ |CAN BC Capital |label = Oak Bay |mark = Western Canada Map Assets City.svg |marksize = 8 |position = right |lat_deg = 48.437401 |lon_deg = -123.312010}} }} |map_caption = Location of Oak Bay within the Capital Regional District |pushpin_map = Canada British Columbia |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Oak Bay in British Columbia |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |coordinates = {{coord|48|25|33|N|123|19|05|W|region:CA-BC_source:CGNDB|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = British Columbia | subdivision_type2 = Regional district | subdivision_name2 = Capital <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Kevin Murdoch |leader_title1 = Governing&nbsp;Body |leader_name1 = Oak Bay Municipal Council |leader_title2 = MP |leader_name2 = Will Greaves (Liberal) |leader_title3 = MLA |leader_name3 = Diana Gibson (NDP) |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = 1906 |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = <ref name=SCref21>{{SCref |year=2021 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}} |access-date=2024-10-15}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = 10.52 |area_water_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2021 |population_footnotes = <ref name="SCref21"/> |population_note = |population_total = 17,990 |population_density_km2 = 1,710.1 <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = Pacific Time Zone |utc_offset = −8 |timezone_DST = Pacific Daylight Time |utc_offset_DST = −7 |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = 34 <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code span |postal_code = |area_codes = 250, 778 |website = {{Official URL}} |footnotes = }}

'''Oak Bay''' is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered to the west by the city of Victoria and to the north by the district of Saanich. It is a residential suburb of Victoria.

==History== thumb|left|Cattle Point, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada Oak Bay is part of the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people of the Songhees First Nation. Evidence of historic settlement has been found along local shores, including Willows Beach, where an ancient Lkwungen seaport known as Sitchanalth was centred around the mouth of the river commonly known as Bowker Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crd.bc.ca/education/our-environment/watersheds/featured-watersheds/bowker-creek|website=CRD|title=Capital Regional District Victoria BC |date=30 October 2013| access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Sitchanalth is hypothesized to have been destroyed by the great Tsunami of 930 AD.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Doughton|first1=Sandi|title=Ancient quake and tsunami in Puget Sound shake researchers|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ancient-quake-and-tsunami-in-puget-sound-shake-researchers/|access-date=29 January 2016|publisher=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Much of this neighbourhood is built upon an Indigenous burial ground.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When Victorians Used to Dig Up Indigenous Bones for Fun|url=https://capnews.ca/news/indigenous-bones-victoria-burial-mounds-songhees-lekwungen-coast-salish-oak-bay|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Capital|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820173053/https://www.capnews.ca/news/indigenous-bones-victoria-burial-mounds-songhees-lekwungen-coast-salish-oak-bay|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Oak Bay takes its name from the Garry oak tree, which is found throughout the region, and also the name of the large bay on the eastern shore of the municipality, fronting onto Willows Beach.

John Tod, in 1850, built on a {{convert|109|acre|ha|adj=on}} farm that is today the oldest continuously-occupied home in Western Canada. Tod was the Chief Fur Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company for Kamloops, one of the original appointed members of BC's Legislative Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oakbay.ca/community-culture/points-of-interest/tod-house/|title=Tod House|website=District of Oak Bay}}</ref><ref name="books.google.co.uk">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxUJsqhKxJsC&q=Ghosts%3A+True+Tales+of+Eerie+Encounters |title = Ghosts: True Tales of Eerie Encounters|isbn = 9781926971186|last1 = Belyk|first1 = Robert C.|date = 2011-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GO5IC70f4xcC&q=If+These+Walls+Could+Talk%3A+Victoria%27s+Houses+from+the+Past | title=If These Walls Could Talk: Victoria's Houses from the Past| isbn=9780920663783| last1=Green| first1=Valerie| year=2001}}</ref> Originally developed as a middle class streetcar suburb of Victoria, Oak Bay was incorporated as a municipality in 1906. Its first Council included Francis Rattenbury, the architect who designed the Legislative Buildings and Empress Hotel located in Victoria's inner harbour. Rattenbury's own home on Beach Drive is now used as the junior campus for Glenlyon Norfolk School. In 1912, the former farm lands of the Hudson's Bay Company were subdivided to create the Uplands area, but development was hampered by the outbreak of World War I. After the war, development of expensive homes in the Uplands was accompanied by the construction of many more single-family dwellings in the Estevan, Willows and South Oak Bay neighbourhoods.

The Victoria Golf Club is located in South Oak Bay. It was founded in 1893, and is the second oldest golf course west of the Great Lakes. It is a 6,120 yard links course on the ocean side, and claims to be the oldest golf course in Canada still on its original site.

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club was formed on June 8, 1892, and moved in 1912 to its current location, at the location of the old Hudson's Bay Company cattle wharf.

In 1925, the Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup at the Patrick Arena in Oak Bay, defeating the Montreal Canadiens in four games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fame |first=Hockey Hall of |title=HHOF {{!}} Silverware Trophy Tour |url=https://www.hhof.com/thecollection/silverwaretrophytour.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Hockey Hall of Fame}}</ref> The arena was soon after destroyed by fire in 1929. Nowadays, the Victoria Cougars are the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.

The Oak Bay Marina, built in 1962, was officially opened in April 1964. It replaced the Oak Bay Boat House built in 1893. The breakwater was built in 1959 and funded by the federal government.

==Geography== Neighbourhoods: * North Oak Bay * South Oak Bay * Uplands *Henderson *Gonzales *Estevan<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oak Bay - the Victoria Real Estate Board|url=https://www.vreb.org/buying-selling/about-victoria-bc/the-vreb-core-region/oak-bay#gsc.tab=0|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.vreb.org}}</ref>

===Climate=== {{University of Victoria weatherbox}} {{Weather box |location = Gonzales Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1971-2000) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |collapsed = yes

|Jan maximum humidex = 13.8 |Feb maximum humidex = 16.0 |Mar maximum humidex = 18.3 |Apr maximum humidex = 22.4 |May maximum humidex = 29.1 |Jun maximum humidex = 33.8 |Jul maximum humidex = 36.1 |Aug maximum humidex = 35.0 |Sep maximum humidex = 32.3 |Oct maximum humidex = 24.7 |Nov maximum humidex = 19.7 |Dec maximum humidex = 15.1

|Jan record high C = 14.4 |Feb record high C = 17.4 |Mar record high C = 20.6 |Apr record high C = 27.0 |May record high C = 29.5 |Jun record high C = 35.0 |Jul record high C = 35.0 |Aug record high C = 32.8 |Sep record high C = 31.7 |Oct record high C = 25.0 |Nov record high C = 18.9 |Dec record high C = 15.0

|Jan high C = 7.0 |Feb high C = 8.6 |Mar high C = 10.6 |Apr high C = 13.1 |May high C = 15.9 |Jun high C = 17.9 |Jul high C = 19.8 |Aug high C = 20.1 |Sep high C = 18.5 |Oct high C = 13.8 |Nov high C = 9.4 |Dec high C = 7.1

|Jan mean C = 5.0 |Feb mean C = 6.2 |Mar mean C = 7.6 |Apr mean C = 9.6 |May mean C = 12.1 |Jun mean C = 14.0 |Jul mean C = 15.6 |Aug mean C = 15.9 |Sep mean C = 14.6 |Oct mean C = 10.9 |Nov mean C = 7.2 |Dec mean C = 5.2

|Jan low C = 3.0 |Feb low C = 3.7 |Mar low C = 4.5 |Apr low C = 6.0 |May low C = 8.2 |Jun low C = 10.0 |Jul low C = 11.3 |Aug low C = 11.7 |Sep low C = 10.7 |Oct low C = 7.9 |Nov low C = 5.0 |Dec low C = 3.2

|Jan record low C = -14.4 |Feb record low C = -12.8 |Mar record low C = -7.2 |Apr record low C = -2.2 |May record low C = 1.1 |Jun record low C = 3.9 |Jul record low C = 6.1 |Aug record low C = 4.4 |Sep record low C = 1.7 |Oct record low C = -2.8 |Nov record low C = -11.1 |Dec record low C = -15.6

|Jan chill = -22.0 |Feb chill = -19.0 |Mar chill = -14.0 |Apr chill = -5.0 |May chill = -2.0 |Jun chill = 3.0 |Jul chill = 4.0 |Aug chill = 7.0 |Sep chill = 1.0 |Oct chill = -9.0 |Nov chill = -21.0 |Dec chill = -27.0

|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 94.3 |Feb precipitation mm = 71.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 46.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 28.5 |May precipitation mm = 25.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 20.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 14.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 19.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 27.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 51.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 98.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 108.9

|rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 85.2 |Feb rain mm = 68.1 |Mar rain mm = 45.3 |Apr rain mm = 28.5 |May rain mm = 25.8 |Jun rain mm = 20.7 |Jul rain mm = 14.0 |Aug rain mm = 19.7 |Sep rain mm = 27.4 |Oct rain mm = 51.1 |Nov rain mm = 95.5 |Dec rain mm = 101.9

|snow colour = |Jan snow cm = 9.7 |Feb snow cm = 3.5 |Mar snow cm = 1.1 |Apr snow cm = 0 |May snow cm = 0 |Jun snow cm = 0 |Jul snow cm = 0 |Aug snow cm = 0 |Sep snow cm = 0 |Oct snow cm = 0.1 |Nov snow cm = 4.1 |Dec snow cm = 7.8

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan precipitation days = 17.0 |Feb precipitation days = 15.4 |Mar precipitation days = 14.5 |Apr precipitation days = 10.8 |May precipitation days = 9.6 |Jun precipitation days = 7.9 |Jul precipitation days = 5.1 |Aug precipitation days = 5.2 |Sep precipitation days = 8.0 |Oct precipitation days = 13.5 |Nov precipitation days = 17.4 |Dec precipitation days = 17.5

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm |Jan rain days = 14.6 |Feb rain days = 14.3 |Mar rain days = 12.9 |Apr rain days = 10.5 |May rain days = 9.0 |Jun rain days = 7.1 |Jul rain days = 4.9 |Aug rain days = 4.8 |Sep rain days = 7.9 |Oct rain days = 11.9 |Nov rain days = 15.3 |Dec rain days = 16.1

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm |Jan snow days = 2.6 |Feb snow days = 1.7 |Mar snow days = 0.67 |Apr snow days = 0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0.12 |Nov snow days = 0.82 |Dec snow days = 1.9

|Jan sun = 74.1 |Feb sun = 93.7 |Mar sun = 149.5 |Apr sun = 201.5 |May sun = 266.6 |Jun sun = 273.8 |Jul sun = 327.8 |Aug sun = 297.3 |Sep sun = 204.1 |Oct sun = 153.4 |Nov sun = 83.1 |Dec sun = 68.7 |source = Environment Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=113&radius=25&proxSearchType=coordinates&degreesNorth=48&minutesNorth=25&secondsNorth=35&degreesWest=123&minutesWest=19&secondsWest=22&proxSubmit=go&dCode=0|title=Canadian Climate Normals - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada|date=31 October 2011}}</ref> }}

== Demographics == In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Oak Bay had a population of 17,990 living in 7,807 of its 8,168 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:17990-18094}}|18094|1}} from its 2016 population of 18,094. With a land area of {{cvt|10.52|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|17990|10.52|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name="SCref21"/>

{{Historical populations |title = {{Nowrap|Historical census populations –}} Oak Bay, British Columbia |align = none |cols = 3 |percentages = |footnote = Population counts are not adjusted for boundary changes. |source = Statistics Canada | 1941 |9240 | 1951 |11960 | 1956 |14857 | 1961 |16935 | 1966 |18123 | 1971 |18426 | 1976 |17658 | 1981 |16990 | 1986 |17065 | 1991 |17815 | 1996 |17865 | 2001 |17798 | 2006 |17908 | 2011 |18015 | 2016 |18094 | 2021 |17990 }}

=== Ethnicity === {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Panethnic groups in the District of Oak Bay (1996−2021) ! rowspan="2" |Panethnic<br/>group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB"/> ! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917030&Geo2=CD&Code2=5917&SearchText=Oak%20Bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917030&Data=Count&SearchText=Oak%20Bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917030&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Oak%20Bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5917030&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=Oak%20Bay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |1996<ref name="1996census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/English/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=1&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=1&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=No&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | European{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}} | 15,040 | {{Percentage | 15040 | 17640 | 2 }} | 15,355 | {{Percentage | 15355 | 17475 | 2 }} | 15,515 | {{Percentage | 15515 | 17385 | 2 }} | 16,200 | {{Percentage | 16200 | 17685 | 2 }} | 16,030 | {{Percentage | 16030 | 17485 | 2 }} | 16,240 | {{Percentage | 16240 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | East Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}} | 1,110 | {{Percentage | 1110 | 17640 | 2 }} | 1,080 | {{Percentage | 1080 | 17475 | 2 }} | 810 | {{Percentage | 810 | 17385 | 2 }} | 645 | {{Percentage | 645 | 17685 | 2 }} | 1,000 | {{Percentage | 1000 | 17485 | 2 }} | 845 | {{Percentage | 845 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | South Asian | 370 | {{Percentage | 370 | 17640 | 2 }} | 285 | {{Percentage | 285 | 17475 | 2 }} | 325 | {{Percentage | 325 | 17385 | 2 }} | 180 | {{Percentage | 180 | 17685 | 2 }} | 120 | {{Percentage | 120 | 17485 | 2 }} | 205 | {{Percentage | 205 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | Indigenous | 345 | {{Percentage | 345 | 17640 | 2 }} | 255 | {{Percentage | 255 | 17475 | 2 }} | 190 | {{Percentage | 190 | 17385 | 2 }} | 260 | {{Percentage | 260 | 17685 | 2 }} | 120 | {{Percentage | 120 | 17485 | 2 }} | 90 | {{Percentage | 90 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}} | 250 | {{Percentage | 250 | 17640 | 2 }} | 190 | {{Percentage | 190 | 17475 | 2 }} | 155 | {{Percentage | 155 | 17385 | 2 }} | 185 | {{Percentage | 185 | 17685 | 2 }} | 75 | {{Percentage | 75 | 17485 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | Latin American | 120 | {{Percentage | 120 | 17640 | 2 }} | 95 | {{Percentage | 95 | 17475 | 2 }} | 45 | {{Percentage | 45 | 17385 | 2 }} | 65 | {{Percentage | 65 | 17685 | 2 }} | 45 | {{Percentage | 45 | 17485 | 2 }} | 35 | {{Percentage | 35 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | Middle Eastern{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}} | 115 | {{Percentage | 115 | 17640 | 2 }} | 115 | {{Percentage | 115 | 17475 | 2 }} | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 17385 | 2 }} | 80 | {{Percentage | 80 | 17685 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 17485 | 2 }} | 80 | {{Percentage | 80 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | African | 100 | {{Percentage | 100 | 17640 | 2 }} | 55 | {{Percentage | 55 | 17475 | 2 }} | 60 | {{Percentage | 60 | 17385 | 2 }} | 25 | {{Percentage | 25 | 17685 | 2 }} | 70 | {{Percentage | 70 | 17485 | 2 }} | 85 | {{Percentage | 85 | 17595 | 2 }} |- | Other/Multiracial{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}} | 180 | {{Percentage | 180 | 17640 | 2 }} | 45 | {{Percentage | 45 | 17475 | 2 }} | 75 | {{Percentage | 75 | 17385 | 2 }} | 35 | {{Percentage | 35 | 17685 | 2 }} | 20 | {{Percentage | 20 | 17485 | 2 }} | 10 | {{Percentage | 10 | 17595 | 2 }} |- ! Total responses ! 17,640 ! {{Percentage | 17640 | 17990 | 2 }} ! 17,475 ! {{Percentage | 17475 | 18094 | 2 }} ! 17,385 ! {{Percentage | 17385 | 18015 | 2 }} ! 17,685 ! {{Percentage | 17685 | 17908 | 2 }} ! 17,485 ! {{Percentage | 17485 | 17798 | 2 }} ! 17,595 ! {{Percentage | 17595 | 17865 | 2 }} |- ! Total population ! 17,990 ! {{Percentage | 17990 | 17990 | 2 }} ! 18,094 ! {{Percentage | 18094 | 18094 | 2 }} ! 18,015 ! {{Percentage | 18015 | 18015 | 2 }} ! 17,908 ! {{Percentage | 17908 | 17908 | 2 }} ! 17,798 ! {{Percentage | 17798 | 17798 | 2 }} ! 17,865 ! {{Percentage | 17865 | 17865 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}} |}

=== Religion === According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Oak Bay included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=oak%20bay&DGUIDlist=2021A00055917030&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> *Irreligion (10,250 persons or 58.1%) *Christianity (6,430 persons or 36.5%) *Judaism (260 persons or 1.5%) *Buddhism (170 persons or 1.0%) *Sikhism (120 persons or 0.7%) *Islam (85 persons or 0.5%) *Hinduism (50 persons or 0.3%) *Other (280 persons or 1.6%)

==Film studio== During the 1930s, Oak Bay was dubbed "Hollywood North." Fourteen films were produced in Greater Victoria between 1933 and 1938.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webturf.com/oakbay/history/encyclopedia/w.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121215705/http://www.webturf.com/oakbay/history/encyclopedia/w.shtml |archive-date=2004-11-21 |title=The Oak Bay Encyclopedia}}</ref> In 1932 Kenneth James Bishop leased an off-season exhibition building on the Willows Fairgrounds that was converted to a film sound stage to produce films for the British film quota system under the Cinematograph Films Act 1927<ref>p. 30 Gasher, Mike ''Hollywood North: The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia'' UBC Press, 2002</ref> and films were produced with Hollywood stars such as Lillian Gish, Paul Muni, Cedric Hardwicke, Edith Fellows, Charles Starrett and Rin Tin Tin Jr. Film production was curtailed when the Cinematograph Films Act 1938 specified only British made films would be included in the quota. The Willows Park Studio films include: *''The Crimson Paradise'' (1933; "Fighting Playboy" in the US)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132948/|title = The Crimson Paradise| website=IMDb |date = 14 December 1933}}</ref> (The first all talking motion picture in Canada.)<ref name="books.google.ca">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3_geDGm8HcC&q=Commonwealth%20Productions%2C%20Ltd&pg=PP1 |title = The Dunsmuir Saga|isbn = 9781926706061|last1 = Reksten|first1 = Terry|date = December 2009}}</ref> *''Secrets of Chinatown'' (1935; Production Company was Commonwealth Productions Ltd. based on the out of print book ''The Black Robe'' by Guy Morton. Kathleen Dunsmuir invested $50,000{{Clarify|reason=Canadian dollars?|date=May 2022}} in the film. Before completion of the film Commonwealth Productions went bankrupt, Northern Films Ltd. completed post production of the film, Kathleen Dunsmuir lost all $50,000.<ref name="books.google.ca"/> The film is technically British it received British film registration number br. 11391. The film was seized by the police at request of the Chinese Consul with the claim it was offensive, the film was altered before its release. In Victoria Harry Hewitson the actor playing Chan Tow Ling would remind the audience with the warning it was fictional.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dukefilmography.com/Willows_Park_Studio.html|title = Willows Park Studio, Victoria, British Columbia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/secrets-of-chinatown|title = Secrets of Chinatown - RBCM Archives}}</ref> In addition to Chinatown and surrounding downtown Victoria the Gonzales area is used in outdoor shots of the film.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/1XAqN9iFYrE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170621104907/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XAqN9iFYrE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XAqN9iFYrE| title = Secrets of Chinatown = The Black Robe (1935) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/all_seeing_eye/secrets_of_chinatown.html|title = Secrets of Chinatown (1931)}}</ref>) *''Fury and the Woman'' (1936, aka ''Lucky Corrigan'') *''Lucky Fugitives'' (1936) *''Secret Patrol'' (1936) *''Stampede'' (1936) *''Tugboat Princess'' (1936) *''What Price Vengeance?'' (1937) *''Manhattan Shakedown'' (1937) *''Murder is News'' (1937) *''Woman Against the World'' (1937) *''Death Goes North'' (1937) *''Convicted'' (1938) *''Special Inspector'' (1938) *''Commandos Strike at Dawn'' (1942)

==Parks== * Anderson Hill Park - The Vancouver Island Trail's southern terminus is located here * Uplands Park / Cattle Point (a Garry oak ecosystem). * Willows Beach

==Public safety== * Oak Bay Emergency Program * Oak Bay Fire Department - The Oak Bay Fire Department was formed in 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oakbay.ca/public-safety/fire-department|title = Fire Department}}</ref> * Oak Bay Police Department - The Oak Bay Police Department was formed in 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Reeuwyk |first=Christine |date=2021-05-29 |title=Oak Bay cop targets police history, aims to share |url=https://www.oakbaynews.com/community/oak-bay-cop-targets-police-history-aims-to-share/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.oakbaynews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * Oak Bay Sea Rescue (OBSR) - Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 33 (RCM-SAR) - Oak Bay Sea Rescue was formed in 1977, and is a volunteer organisation. The Unit's Boats are based out of Oak Bay Marina <ref name="obsrs_history">{{cite web |url=http://obsr.ca/history.shtml |title=History of OBSR Society / CCGA(P) Unit #33 |publisher=Oak Bay Sea Rescue Society |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-date=2013-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623122649/http://obsr.ca/history.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education== Oak Bay is the home of the University of Victoria, a public research institution in the Capital Region District. While much of the University of Victoria campus is located within the District of Oak Bay, parts of it are also located in the adjacent municipality of Saanich.

Oak Bay also hosts a number of academically focused public and private secondary schools which are part of School District 61. There is one public elementary school, Willows Elementary, one public middle school, Monterey Middle School, and one public high school, Oak Bay High School, with the largest student population in the Greater Victoria School District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sd61.bc.ca/schools/school-enrollment-numbers/|title = School Enrolment Numbers - the Greater Victoria School District No. 61}}</ref> Residents in the South Oak Bay area may also register their children at the nearby Margaret Jenkins Elementary (in Victoria). In addition to public schools, there are two private schools located in Oak Bay, Glenlyon Norfolk School and St. Michael's University School.

==See also== * McNeill Bay (British Columbia)

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==References== {{Reflist}}

*''Oak Bay, British Columbia: in Photographs 1906-2006'' (book) *''Only in Oak Bay Oak Bay Municipality: 1906-1981'' (book)

==External links== {{Commons category|Oak Bay, British Columbia}} *{{official website|https://www.oakbay.ca}}

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