A Steady Path to Economic, Social, and Cultural Rebuilding

Intelligence is taking advantage of your environment, and in our own backyard that’s what we’re trying to do. Our community and our Nation are doing today what our grandparents did for millennia before us.”

Kate Maddigan, Project Manager, Cortes Community Forest Cooperative

The Co-op is trying to build a greater understanding of how Cortes Island can support the use of wood harvested on the island, and what initiatives have worked in other communities.

Andrea Butler, lead hand, West Bamfield project

The revitalization of West Park now as a stunning attractive meeting place with shelter from our relentless rains means so much for the community.

About Island Coastal Economic Trust

We strategically invest in inclusive economic development, diversification, and innovation in partnership with communities across Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, and island and inlets from the Salish Sea to Cape Caution.

Learn about how we empower communities and our regional impact in our latest Annual Report

$59 million

invested in communities

$322 million

total investment impact

2,750

permanent jobs created