Caniço

2021 Census in detail

Men

11.505 (47,8%)

Women

12.541 (52,2%)

Portuguese nationality

23.311 (96,9%)

Foreign nationality

735 (3,1%)

Ageing index

71,7 elderly per 100 young people

Private households

9.099

Average household size *

2,58 people

Dwellings

11.592

Classic family dwellings

11.582

Buildings

4.715

Buildings with 7 or more floors

104

With higher education (15+)

21,9% (4.410)

Unemployment rate *

9,91% (H 9,65% · M 10,16%)

Active / employed population

12.741 / 11.478

Population by age group

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Camacha · Gaula · São Gonçalo (Funchal)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Cruz

3,9 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters

22.225

Voters

12.068

Turnout

54,30% (2021: 53,60%)

Seats

19

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: JPP.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de azul, com cinco bonecos de massa, de ouro, alinhados em cruz, cada um carregado de duas faixas de vermelho; em campanha, dois ramos de caniços de ouro, com os pés passados em aspa e atados do mesmo. Coroa mural de prata de cinco torres. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro: «Caniço - Santa Cruz».

Flag: gironada de oito peças de amarelo e azul. Cordão e borlas de ouro e azul. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda: «Junta de Freguesia de Caniço - Santa Cruz».

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1000/2009, Diário da República n.º 189/2009, Série II de 2009-09-29 (issuer: Freguesia de Caniço). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 0 schools in the municipality of Santa Cruz. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

See all schools in the municipality

There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24

808 24 24 24

Número europeu de emergência

112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

No NHS institution with this municipality in the official name. See the national list in the catalogue.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

No Citizen Shop or desk mapped in this municipality in the AMA list. See the national catalogue.

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Funchal (IPMA no. 522), 5,1 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Arquipélago da Madeira. Station altitude: 58,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

INE does not publish the median rent for this parish (indicator 0014773, 2025 geography).

In the municipality of Santa Cruz the median value in 2025 is 10,48 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 9125-014 (Rua Dr. Francisco Peres, Edifício Jardins do Caniço, loja 20, Caniço, 9125-014 CANIÇO).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Região Autónoma da Madeira): 291. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 291934621.

Public bodies

Junta de Caniço — Rua Dr. Francisco Peres, Edifício Jardins do Caniço, loja 20, Caniço, 9125-014 CANIÇO · 9125-014 · 291934621 · [email protected] · http://www.jf-canico.pt

Câmara Municipal de Santa Cruz — Presidente: Élia Luísa Dias Gonçalves Ascensão · Praça Dr. João Abel de Freitas, 9100-157 Santa Cruz - Madeira · 9100-157 · 291520100 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-santacruz.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Santa Cruz