Sooke
Community Health Service Area
Health Profile (Version 1.0)
4124 Sooke
Community Health Service Areas (CHSAs) in British Columbia (B.C.) are administrative bounds nested within Local Health Areas (LHAs) as defined by the B.C. Ministry of Health. This CHSA health profile contains information about the community’s demographics, socio-economic and health/disease status as represented through various community health indicators. The purpose of CHSA health profiles is to help B.C.’s primary care network partners, public health professionals and community organizations better understand the health needs of a specific community and to provide evidence for service provisioning and prevention strategies.
Sooke (CHSA 4124) is 88 km² in size and is the western part of the Capital Regional District, located on southern Vancouver Island. It is comprised of the neighbourhoods of Sooke and East Sooke, as well as the community of T'Sou'ke First Nation. Geographical features include East Sooke Regional Park, Roche Cove, Mount Manuel Quimper, Sooke Potholes, and Sooke River.[1]
