Gabriola Island Trust Area Includes:

Gabriola Island Local Trust Area includes 20 associated islands including:

  • DeCourcy Island
  • Link Island
  • Mudge Island
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Meetings and Events Around: Gabriola

Learn about upcoming Gabriola Island Local Trust Area meetings and events and plan to attend.

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July 9 2025 Islands Trust Council Committee of the Whole Special Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 9:00 am Read More
July 10 2025 Accessibility Committee Regular Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 6:30 pm Read More
July 17 2025 Executive Committee Special Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 10:00 am Read More
Meeting Calendar

News Gabriola LTA

Find out what's happening in and around your local trust area

Islands Trust Pre-Budget Consultation 2026-27

Islands Trust has begun its 2026-27 pre-budget consultation process, and we want to hear from residents in the Islands Trust Area. Input will be considered […]

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Read the Spring Heron Newsletter

Read the latest edition of the Islands Trust Conservancy newsletter, The Heron! Included in our Spring 2025 Heron edition: Celebrating 35 Years of Conservation Introduction […]

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Gabriola Island Official Community Plan Review

The Gabriola LTC is engaging in a review of their Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB). An OCP describes the long-term vision […]

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Islands Trust Council Statement on the Scope and Meaning of Section 3 of the Islands Trust Act (Object Clause)

On May 6, 2025, Islands Trust Council met in Committee of the Whole, to discuss the Statement on the Scope and Meaning of Section 3 […]

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Gabriola LTC 2025 Regular Meeting Schedule – Adopted

The Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 2025 business meeting schedule is now available. To review the agendas, minutes and recordings of any Gabriola Island Local […]

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Islands Trust Requests Provincial Review of Islands Trust Act

Lək̓ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – At its quarterly meeting in September 2024, Islands Trust Council voted to request that the Province of British Columbia undertake a […]

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Meet Your Local Trust Committee

Tobi Elliott

Tobi Elliott

Gabriola Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

Susan Yates

Susan Yates

Gabriola Island Trustee

Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick

Salt Spring Island Trustee, Islands Trust Council Chair

 

 

Gabriola Trustee Corner About the Islands Trust Council

Island Profile

Gabriola Island Local Trust Area includes over 20 islands. The local trust area features critical habitat for the Marbled Murrelet seabird and is frequented by Double-crested Cormorants. Vital to salmon, 21% of the Gabriola Local Trust Area foreshore has eelgrass beds and many beaches are suitable spawning habitat for forage fish, the principal diet of Chinook salmon.

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About Conservancy

Eelgrass beds

21

%

of foreshore

Protected areas

9.2

%

protected

Wetlands

16

%

of area

Sensitive Ecosystems

36.9

%

of area