Fonds consists of reports and plans compiled by Gilbert Laurenson for the Municipal Planner A.L. Parr and which represent his original plan for an Urban Containment Area for Saanich.

Fonds consists of records collected by Ken Middleton during his employment with the District of Saanich and includes correspondence, reports, booklets, bylaws, photographs, 1 tax ledger, 1 bound copy of the Municipal Act, and a BC Centennial flag.

Fonds consists of material related to Roy Wootten’s work with Saanich. Fonds includes photographs of employees, events and structures in Saanich, including Saanich's parade floats and staff in costume; Saanich Coat of Arms; Remembrance Day Ceremonies, 1976. Fonds includes records relating to Roy Wootten's work on the Special Events Committee including including correspondence and other textual records; photographs of various parade floats; Les Passmore Freeman ceremony, 1975; planning reports on Beaver/Elk Lake; development for the Gorge/Portage Inlet; the Swan Lake-Christmas Hill Nature Centre; history of giant fir section on display at municipal hall; Coat of Arms; E&N Railway; newspaper clippings; misc. reports and publications; certificates; sound recording; ephemera and artifacts.

Fonds consists of correspondence, training notices, communication plans, annual reports, and other financial statements.

Collection consists of textual records and a small number of maps and plans and includes correspondence between members of the Engineering Department staff and the public, interdepartmental and intradepartmental reports, proposals and petitions.

Fonds consists of records relating to municipal land transactions and development, Saanich rental properties, and lands-related complaints.

Fonds consists of files created by the Saanich Mayor’s Office from 1915 to 1984. Fonds includes correspondence, committee minutes, reports, proposals and studies generated or acquired during the course of daily operations. Also included are invitations to community functions, directives to staff, and replies to residents’ letters. Records are primarily from the administrations of Stanley Murphy (1962-1964), Hugh Austin Curtis (1965-1973), Edward Fook Lui Lum (1974-1977) and Municipal Administrator William Tremayne (1973-1985). Also included are various Police Commission records from 1915 to 1984.

The Planning Files are largely text, with maps, plans (some of these hand-drawn by petitioners to the Board of Variance) and a few reports used or produced by the Planning Department. The records consist mainly of correspondence between planning staff and members of the public or developers. Typical letters addressed to the Planning Department request permission to subdivide, rezone or purchase property, or to contravene setback and height restrictions. There are also a number of petitions from local area citizens' groups protesting decisions made by the municipality, excerpts from committee minutes, decisions written by officials, and copies of pertinent by-laws.