Salt Spring Island Trust Area Includes:

Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area includes more than 25 associated islands including:

  • Bright Island
  • Deadman Islands
  • Piers Island
List of all Islands

News Salt Spring LTA

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

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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Cover of the Spring 2025 Heron Newsletter

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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Islands Trust Salt Spring Island Office – New location

The Islands Trust office on Salt Spring Island will be moving to a new conveniently located office space. We have secured a multi-year lease for […]

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Salt Spring Local Trust Committee 2025 Regular Meeting Schedule

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

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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

Jamie Harris

Jamie Harris

Salt Spring Island Trustee

Timothy Peterson

Timothy Peterson

Lasqueti Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

 

 

Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick

Salt Spring Island Trustee, Islands Trust Council Chair

 

 

Island Profile

The Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area is home to 48 at-risk species. The area is critical habitat for Dun Skipper butterflies, Gray’s Desert-parsley, the Little Brown Bat and Sharp-tailed snake.

Mature Forest Growth

10

%

of area

Protected Areas

20

%

of area

Population

Salt Spring

11,795

Trust Area

Sensitive Ecosystems

27

%

protected