Collection consists of photographs of fires, fire stations and other buildings, Fire Department employees and vehicles, and special events. Includes correspondence, agreements and scrapbooks.

Collection consists of photographs of various heritage structures in Saanich including the Ellison Feed Building on Culduthel Road, the Lindsay log cabin at 4420 Wilkinson Road, the Dodd House, the Goward house, the stone wall at Wilkinson Road Jail, and St. Mark’s Church. Collection also includes 1 certificate of an award of merit. The collection includes pre-demolition photographs of buildings removed from the Saanich Heritage Register. Collection inlcudes 166 photographs, 22 digital photographs, 25 slides, and 59 negatives.

Collection consists of 1393 photographs, negatives and slides of heritage structures in Saanich. Includes 3.5 m of textual material consisting of files of historical, biographical and architectural information collected on each property.

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.

Fonds consists of photographs of Saanich mayors, councils, and special events.

Collection consists of photographs and documents relating to Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department facilities, programmes and events.

Fonds consists of a large album containing photographs of parks, employees, and equipment, taken from 1958 to 1974. Fonds includes loose photograph relating to Beckwith Park, 1993.

Fonds consists of petitions submitted by Saanich residents appealing to the municipal government in respect of various causes such as road improvements, animal control, sidewalks, street lighting, water supply, and drainage. Fonds includes a ledger book recording petitions received by the District of Saanich. The petitions are thought to have been received between 1912 and 1940, although about 2/3 of the petitions are undated.

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.

Fonds consists of photographs relating to land use, neighbourhoods, heritage and development in Saanich including: heritage buildings; commercial and municipal buildings; churches; schools; farm buildings; Dominion Astrophysical Observatory; Wilkinson Road Jail; and Dodd House.