Gabriola Island

Northern Gulf Islands · Islands Trust Local Trust Area

Gabriola Island has its own site

Visit gabriolatown.org → — the ferry, the island lot by lot, every upcoming meeting, and the petition for Gabriola Island to govern itself.

Sign the Gabriola Island incorporation petition →

The most populous of the Northern Gulf Islands, a short ferry from Nanaimo, with one of the largest Trust caseloads.

Current trustees

Current trustee roster not yet imported for this Local Trust Area.

Past trustee elections

2022: Gabriola Islands Trust councillor election

2 seats available

CandidateVotesResult
Susan Yates749Elected
Tobi Elliott662Elected

Source: CivicInfo BC 2022 Local Election Results

CivicInfo elected-official report verifies elected trustees and vote totals. Non-elected/opponent rows are pending a separate official results source before publication.

The archive

448 Islands Trust meeting documents on record. Each links to its exact source.

Documented examples

  • Too Slow to Help, Too Permissive to Protect: The Case on Gabriola — Gabriola Island has spent nearly three decades governed by a community plan the Islands Trust itself says has not been updated since 1997, while the Trust's own research documented a deepening housing crisis and its bylaw staff estimated hundreds of unlawful dwellings it lacks the capacity to address. Housing advocates and conservationists disagree about almost everything except this: the process is not delivering.