Our Region

Island Coastal Economic Trust serves nearly a million British Columbian and Indigenous residents, working for more than 100 governments, including First Nations, municipalities, regional districts, and the Province of British Columbia, across Vancouver Island, the southern Great Bear Rainforest, the Sunshine Coast, and islands and inlets from the Salish Sea to Cape Caution.

Public engagement in Sechelt about transportation opportunities between Sunshine Coast communities. Photo by Island Coastal Economic Trust.

Public engagement in Sechelt about transportation opportunities between Sunshine Coast communities. Photo by Island Coastal Economic Trust.

Our Coastal Economies App enables you to explore and visualize economic data at both local and regional levels for Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, and the islands and inlet communities from the Salish Sea to Cape Caution.

We have partnered with CityViz to design this interactive web app for residents, economic development professionals, educators, and governments. The app is a tool to visualize economic changes and industry transitions across multiple criteria.
Providing a regional economic perspective across nine regional districts and 24 local areas, the Coastal Economies App provides industry-specific data in a user-friendly visual platform. This makes it easy to understand both current economic conditions and emerging long-term trends.