According to the jūminhyō (registry of current residential addresses and figures) in 2008, 138,570 people are living in Teine-ku.

[1] Surrounded by a rich natural environment, Teine-ku has a number of mountain ranges and rivers including Mount Teine, whose height is 1,023.7 metres.

[1] It is adjacent to three other wards in Sapporo: Kita-ku, Nishi-ku, and Minami-ku, and two cities: Ishikari, and Otaru.

The name Teine is derived of a word "teyne-i" in Ainu language, which means a "marsh" or "wet place".

[2] It is currently written as "手稲" in kanji, which is respectively translated as "hand" for "手" and "rice plant" for "稲".