Living in Oak Bay

In Oak Bay, tenants pay an average rent of €1,256 a month (2025) and unemployment is 7% (2021).

Residents of Oak Bay numbered 19,211 at the end of 2022. The unemployment rate was 6.98% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, the foreign population in Oak Bay numbered 3,855.

Last checked 2026-10-1028 sources

Population19,211people31 Dec 2022Official source · Statistics Canada

Median gross salary4,630EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada

Average rent1,256EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision

Unemployment rate6.98%country median 8.4% — 17% belowOfficial source · Statistics Canada

Recorded crime2,502incidents per 100,000country median 4,873 — 49% belowOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia

PM2.5, annual mean5.19µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca

Lower unemployment than 68% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other Canadian city that publishes it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Oak Bay?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Oak Bay.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2021, 23.3% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€50

Mobile plan, 10 GB€24

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	49.79 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Bell Fibe 500 home internet²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	24.27 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Public Mobile 50GB plan⁸Official · national market
Households spending over 30% of income on rent	23.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Dwellings	8,168 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁰Official
Main residence dwellings	7,807 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)	1,280 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 2023³Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,256 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision¹Official

Is Oak Bay a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker31%strong on work, weak on safety · range 22–40%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–65%

Student35%strong on cost, weak on education · range 25–45%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–64%

Retirement36%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 25–47%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Oak Bay?

The median gross salary is about 4,630 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 4,630 EUR/month · Statistics Canada¹⁴
Median gross salary (regional): 3,137 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca²¹

What is the unemployment rate in Oak Bay?

The unemployment rate is about 7 % (2021).

Unemployment rate: 6.98 % · Statistics Canada¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Oak Bay is 7.0%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

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Oak Bay 7.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	49.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median gross salary	4,630 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	Statistics Canada¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,137 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	www150.statcan.gc.ca²¹Official
Unemployment rate	6.98 %country median 8.4%	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Oak Bay?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,120of €3,450 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,450
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31	− €1,256
Internet€50 · official · Bell Fibe 500 home internet · 2026-09-30	− €50
Mobile plan€24 · official · Public Mobile 50GB plan · 2026-09-30	− €24
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,120

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Oak Bay Salary needed to live in Oak Bay

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Oak Bay. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

Government of Canada

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Oak Bay. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Oak Bay?

Police recorded about 2,502 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesOak Bay highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894

Edmonton7,108

Halifax6,020

Vancouver5,438

Calgary4,796

London4,743

Québec4,630

Ottawa4,298

Hamilton4,257

Toronto4,177

Gatineau3,756

Montreal3,674

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,502 incidents per 100,000country median 4,873	31 Dec 2025	Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in British Columbia⁵Official

Mobility and administration

Oak Bay's nearest airport was YWH, 6 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	6 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	YWH	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Oak Bay. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

For newcomers to Canada.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Oak Bay.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Oak Bay?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.19 µg/m³ · data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.2WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Oak Bay is 5.2 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

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Oak Bay 5.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.19 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.2 · Feb 8.8 · Mar 11 · Apr 14 · May 17.8 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 23.7 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 10.3 · Dec 8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3.4 · Feb 2.9 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 5.5 · May 7.9 · Jun 10.2 · Jul 11.7 · Aug 11.8 · Sep 10.1 · Oct 7.1 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 3.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.8 · Feb 5.9 · Mar 7.5 · Apr 9.8 · May 12.9 · Jun 15.4 · Jul 17.7 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 15 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 5.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Canada: Markham ±4.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gillingham (United Kingdom) ±0.6 °C, Maidstone (United Kingdom) ±0.6 °C, Harrow (United Kingdom) ±0.7 °C, Watford (United Kingdom) ±0.7 °C, Rouen (France) ±0.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Oak Bay covered an area of 10.5 km² at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Oak Bay had 7,805 households. Oak Bay had a median age of 54.4 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Oak Bay?

The published population was 19,211 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport79.9%
Foreign residents20.1%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	10.52 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
City area	10.52 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Foreign-resident share	21.85 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Foreign residents	3,855 people	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada⁹Official
Population density	1,710 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁶Official
Population	19,211 people	31 Dec 2022	Statistics Canada¹¹Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

17,892

18,364

18,837

19,309

19,21120012005200920152022

Population rose 4.4% between 2001 and 2022, from 18,399 to 19,211.

International community in Oak Bay

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data	3,855	100.0%
Europe	2,035	52.8%
United Kingdom	1,265	32.8%
Asia	865	22.4%
Americas	675	17.5%
United States of America	515	13.4%
China	270	7.0%
Other places of birth in Europe	245	6.4%
Africa	175	4.5%
Other places of birth in Asia	175	4.5%
Germany	155	4.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Oceania and other places of birth	95	2.5%
South Africa, Republic of	85	2.2%
Netherlands	80	2.1%
Philippines	75	1.9%
Taiwan	70	1.8%
India	70	1.8%
Hong Kong	65	1.7%
France	60	1.6%
Other places of birth in Africa	60	1.6%
Other places of birth in Americas	55	1.4%
Russian Federation	55	1.4%
Poland	50	1.3%
Hungary	40	1.0%
Iran	35	0.9%
Korea, South	30	0.8%
Viet Nam	30	0.8%
Mexico	25	0.6%
Guyana	20	0.5%
Italy	20	0.5%
Ukraine	20	0.5%
Ethiopia	20	0.5%
Jamaica	15	0.4%
Peru	15	0.4%
Trinidad and Tobago	15	0.4%
Greece	15	0.4%
Pakistan	15	0.4%
Brazil	10	0.3%
Croatia	10	0.3%
Portugal	10	0.3%
Turkey	10	0.3%
Sri Lanka	10	0.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data	17,640	100.0%
Canadian citizens	16,550	93.8%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over	13,775	78.1%
Canadian citizens aged under 18	2,770	15.7%
Not Canadian citizens	1,090	6.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data	17,990	100.0%
Single responses	17,765	98.7%
Official languages	17,045	94.7%
English	16,960	94.3%
Non-Indigenous languages	730	4.1%
Non-official languages	725	4.0%
Sino-Tibetan languages	320	1.8%
Chinese languages	315	1.8%
Indo-European languages	260	1.4%
Mandarin	255	1.4%
Multiple responses	225	1.3%

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Published group	People	Share
English and non-official language(s)	185	1.0%
French	85	0.5%
Balto-Slavic languages	65	0.4%
Slavic languages	65	0.4%
Germanic languages	65	0.4%
Yue (Cantonese)	55	0.3%
Indo-Iranian languages	55	0.3%
High German languages	50	0.3%
Italic (Romance) languages	50	0.3%
German	45	0.3%
Afro-Asiatic languages	40	0.2%
Semitic languages	40	0.2%
Austronesian languages	40	0.2%
Spanish	35	0.2%
Arabic	30	0.2%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)	30	0.2%
Indo-Aryan languages	30	0.2%
Iranian languages	30	0.2%
Persian languages	30	0.2%
Iranian Persian	30	0.2%
English and French	25	0.1%
Russian	25	0.1%
Japanese	20	0.1%
Korean	20	0.1%
Greek	15	0.1%
Uralic languages	10	0.1%
English, French and non-official language(s)	10	0.1%
Multiple non-official languages	10	0.1%
Austro-Asiatic languages	10	0.1%
Vietnamese	10	0.1%
Albanian	10	0.1%
Czech	10	0.1%
Serbo-Croatian	10	0.1%
Croatian	10	0.1%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages	10	0.1%
Dutch	10	0.1%
Scandinavian languages	10	0.1%
Punjabi (Panjabi)	10	0.1%
Sign languages	5	0.0%
American Sign Language	5	0.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)	5	0.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages	5	0.0%
Burmese	5	0.0%
Finnish	5	0.0%
Hebrew	5	0.0%
Ilocano	5	0.0%
Dravidian languages	5	0.0%
Bulgarian	5	0.0%
Polish	5	0.0%
Slovak	5	0.0%
Ukrainian	5	0.0%
Afrikaans	5	0.0%
Icelandic	5	0.0%
Urdu	5	0.0%
Italian	5	0.0%
Portuguese	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents born abroad	21.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹²Official
Households	7,805 households	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Labour force participation rate	53.2 %	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹³Official
Median age	54.4 years	31 Dec 2021	Statistics Canada¹⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Oak Bay

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Aurora as an Oak Bay alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 3363 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 36.8% Aurora vs 21.9% Oak Bay+68%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,296 Aurora vs 2,502 Oak Bayno percentage
Median gross pay, city: €4,357 Aurora vs €4,630 Oak Bay−6%
Median gross pay, region: €3,094 Aurora vs €3,137 Oak Baysame level

Full comparison More about Aurora

Cities near Oak Bay

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

View Royal 9.0 km away

Salary: 3,922 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Central Saanich 11.0 km away

Salary: 3,840 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Colwood 13.1 km away

Salary: 3,731 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Langford 14.1 km away

Salary: 3,442 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Metchosin 17.0 km away

Salary: 3,731 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

North Saanich 22.3 km away

Salary: 4,112 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

Other cities in Canada to compare with Oak Bay, nearest in population first.

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Esquimalt19,155 residents Corner Brook19,333 residents Port Colborne19,035 residents Mont-Saint-Hilaire19,436 residents Niagara-on-the-Lake18,981 residents Quispamsis19,454 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Oak Bay?

The published population was 19,211 people in 2022. Source: Statistics Canada.

Is the air quality good in Oak Bay?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: data-donnees.az.ec.gc.ca.

How safe is Oak Bay?

What is the typical salary in Oak Bay?

The median gross salary is about 4,630 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Oak Bay?

The unemployment rate is about 7 % (2021). Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the typical salary around Oak Bay?

The median gross salary is 3,137 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Oak Bay a good place to live?

Oak Bay may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Oak Bay?

View Royal, Central Saanich, Colwood, Langford, Metchosin are near Oak Bay. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe live in Oak Bay?

The official country of birth distribution records 2,035 people (52.8%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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