Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Island is located just off the east coast of Vancouver Island and is the largest and most densely populated of the Gulf Islands.  Salt Spring Island is an unincorporated rural Electoral Area under the jurisdiction of the Capital Regional District (CRD). The CRD serves as the local government for electoral areas and most administrative functions are handled from the SSI CRD Administrative Office.  

The Salt Spring Island Electoral Area is represented by a director, who is elected directly to the CRD’s Board of Directors. The Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission (LCC) is an elected body (including the SSI Electoral Area CRD Director) established in June 2023 following a referendum that supported forming the LCC to broaden elected oversight and administration of certain local services.