Sooke supports quite a wealth of interests, such as music, drama, arts and crafts, photography, gardening, and team sports, through community organizations. The Sooke Region Museum holds a major annual juried art exhibition, the Fine Arts Show. Sooke`s diversity offers something for everyone. Well known for west coast Canadian hospitality. Sooke is your comfortable home away from home. This quiet community includes Sooke and East Sooke, all bordering Sooke Basin and Sooke Harbour. Both the harbour and basin are well protected from offshore winds providing excellent kayaking opportunities, sheltered boat launch ramps and charter fishing guides.

Sooke Potholes are a swimmers paradise and are one of the more popular swimming spots in the capital region. This cool swimming spot is a scenic half hour drive from the city centre. Wonder along A small creek that runs under a wooden bridge then further upstream you will discover a waterfall complete with mossy rocks and shallow pools of clear water, a beautiful area to immerse yourself in the moment. Sooke`s diversity offers something for everyone, opportunities for rest and recreation, its beauty and vitality, and the friendly, genuine people who live here. On the wind-swept and secluded west coast of Vancouver Island lies one of the Pacific Northwest`s best kept secrets: Sooke, British Columbia.