Ethnicity
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ Panethnic groups in the District of Esquimalt (1996−2021)
! rowspan="2" |Panethnic<br/>group
! colspan="2" |2021
! colspan="2" |2011
! colspan="2" |2006
! colspan="2" |2001
! colspan="2" |1996
|-
!Population (human biology)|
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
| European
| 13,955
|
| 14,010
|
| 13,760
|
| 14,705
|
| 14,390
|
| 14,540
|
|-
| Indigenous
| 970
|
| 1,190
|
| 1,080
|
| 930
|
| 730
|
| 730
|
|-
| Southeast Asian
| 635
|
| 485
|
| 350
|
| 230
|
| 240
|
| 190
|
|-
| East Asian
| 505
|
| 490
|
| 250
|
| 375
|
| 325
|
| 210
|
|-
| African
| 405
|
| 275
|
| 140
|
| 120
|
| 140
|
| 90
|
|-
| South Asian
| 305
|
| 195
|
| 155
|
| 160
|
| 55
|
| 120
|
|-
| Latin American
| 215
|
| 110
|
| 105
|
| 155
|
| 90
|
| 45
|
|-
| Middle Eastern
| 105
|
| 80
|
| 0
|
| 20
|
| 15
|
| 10
|
|-
| Other/Multiracial
| 190
|
| 95
|
| 65
|
| 30
|
| 10
|
| 55
|
|-
! Total responses
! 17,290
!
! 16,925
!
! 15,935
!
! 16,705
!
! 15,990
!
! 16,000
!
|-
! Total population
! 17,533
!
! 17,655
!
! 16,209
!
! 16,840
!
! 16,127
!
! 16,151
!
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" |
|}
Religion
According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Esquimalt included:
Esquimalt, however, regained its own local community news source in October 2009 with the creation of the online journal Esquimalt Review. It was first established as a military installation by the Royal Navy in 1855, and has been operated by the Royal Canadian Navy since 1910.
Education
Residents are zoned to schools in the Greater Victoria School District.
See also
- List of francophone communities in British Columbia