Across British Columbia, BWSS has called on every Mayor and Council to take action on gender-based violence in particular intimate partner violence and femicide—because public safety must be designed with survivors in mind. This tracker reflects where each municipality stands: who’s met with us, who’s committed to action, and who we’re still waiting to hear from.
This isn’t about blame, however it is about accountability—and building a province where no woman’s safety depends on her postal code.
✅ Met with BWSS
🟡 Committed to action or next steps
❌ No response yet
We update this tracker regularly as municipalities engage. If your city isn’t on the map yet, ask your local leaders: Where do you stand?
City |
BWSS Meeting |
Action Taken |
Comments |
| 100 Mile House | ❌ No response yet |
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| Abbotsford | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Alert Bay | 🟡Meeting scheduled for November | ||
| Anmore | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Armstrong | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Ashcroft | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Barriere | 🟡 Replied but no meeting scheduled | ||
| Belcarra | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Bowen Island | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Burnaby | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Burns Lake | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Cache Creek | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Campbell River | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Canal Flats | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Castlegar | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Central Saanich | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Chase | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Chetwynd | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Chilliwack | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Clearwater | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Clinton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Coldstream | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Colwood | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Comox | 🟡 Replied but no meeting scheduled | ||
| Coquitlam | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Courtenay | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Cranbrook | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Creston | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Cumberland | 🟡 Awaiting meeting dates | ||
| Dawson Creek | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Delta | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Duncan | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Elkford | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Enderby | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Esquimalt | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Fernie | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Fort St. James | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Fort St. John | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Fraser Lake | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Fruitvale | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Gibsons | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Gold River | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Golden | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Grand Forks | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Granisle | ❌ No response yet | ||
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Harrison Hot Springs
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✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Hazelton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Highlands | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Hope | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Houston | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Hudson’s Hope | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Invermere | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Kamloops |
❌Councillor replied, no meeting scheduled |
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| Kaslo | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Kelowna | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Kent | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Keremeos | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Kimberley | ❌ Declined BWSS delegation application | ||
| Kitimat | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Ladysmith | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lake Country | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lake Cowichan | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Langford | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Langley (City) | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Langley (Township) | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lantzville | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lillooet | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lions Bay | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Logan Lake | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Lumby | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Mackenzie | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Maple Ridge | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Masset | ❌ No response yet | ||
| McBride | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Merritt | 🟡Meeting scheduled for November | ||
| Metchosin | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Midway | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Mission | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Montrose | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Nakusp | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Nanaimo | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Nelson | ❌ No response yet | ||
| New Denver | ❌ No response yet | ||
| New Hazelton | ❌ No response yet | ||
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New Westminster
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🟡 Awaiting meeting dates | ||
| North Cowichan | ❌ Council replied and are not pursuing a meeting | ||
| North Saanich | ❌ No response yet | ||
| North Vancouver | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
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Northern Rockies
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❌ No response yet | ||
| Oak Bay | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Oliver | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Osoyoos | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Parksville | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Peachland | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Pemberton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Penticton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Pitt Meadows | ❌Declined further engagement | ||
| Port Alberni | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port Alice | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port Clements | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port Edward | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port Hardy | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port McNeill | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Port Moody | 🟡Meeting scheduled for November | ||
| Pouce Coupe | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Powell River | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Prince George | ✅ Met with BWSS | Presenting a resolution on Human Trafficking, Gender-Based Violence, and Intimate-Partner Violence at UBCM | |
| Prince Rupert | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Princeton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Qualicum Beach | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Quesnel | ❌ No response yet | ||
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Radium Hot Springs
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❌ No response yet | ||
| Revelstoke | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Richmond | ✅ Met with BWSS | ❌Declined further engagement | |
| Rossland | 🟡Meeting scheduled for November | ||
| Saanich | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Salmo | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Salmon Arm | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sayward | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sechelt | ❌ No response yet | ||
| shíshálh Nation | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sicamous | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sidney | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Silverton | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Slocan | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Smithers | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sooke | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Spallumcheen | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Sparwood | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Squamish | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Stewart | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Summerland | ❌ No response yet | ||
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Sun Peaks Mountain
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❌ No response yet | ||
| Surrey | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Tahsis | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Taylor | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Telkwa | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Terrace | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Tofino | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Trail | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Tumbler Ridge | 🟡 Meeting to be rescheduled | ||
| Ucluelet | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Valemount | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Vancouver | ✅ Met with BWSS | ||
| Vanderhoof | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Vernon | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Victoria | ❌ No response yet | ||
| View Royal | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Warfield | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Wells | ❌ No response yet | ||
| West Kelowna | ❌ No response yet | ||
| West Vancouver | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Whistler | ❌ No response yet | ||
| White Rock | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Williams Lake | ❌ No response yet | ||
| Zeballos | ❌ No response yet |
