Salt Spring Island is home to a broad mix of people ("vive la difference"). By and large, they embrace tolerance and respect for each other’s privacy.

Island living attracts people of independent means, self-starter entrepreneurs and artisans of all genre of creativity from musicians to craftspeople and actors. Each person discovers in their own way how to survive, often through a diversity of occupations, some seasonal and others through steady promotion of what they have to offer the community.

Retired professionals are able to enjoy the fruits of their life’s labour with a quality of life that they’ve always dreamed of.

People who are looking for a community that cherishes environmental balance and awareness will find Salt Spring Island an engaging place to practice living closer to the harmony of nature and its diversity.