Gabriola Chamber of Commerce

Gabriola Island is home to about 4500 people, a couple of hundred horses, many, many dogs and cats lovingly cared for, deer, peacocks, wallabies and assorted other critters like river otters and raccoons. Wonderful birds (eagles and hummingbirds and everything in between). No bears or cougars.
It is a very active and caring community and a glance at our weekly calendar of events only hints at what is going on. We have organizations of every stripe and a volunteer Ambulance Society and Volunteer Fire Department that would put some cities to shame.



What don't we have? No hospital, no middle school or high school. No more than 3 street lights and not a lot of water. We are careful with it. We are indeed a desert Gulf Island.
No municipal government. Just a strange mixture of Islands Trust and the
Nanaimo Regional District.
Do we like it here? Absolutely. We get the best of laid-back country living with the convenience of a large city (Vancouver) a few minutes (by plane) or a few hours by ferry.