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Local Children’s
Clothing Store
1st: Redfish Kids Clothing
TIED: Pebble Baby, Hip Baby, Dandelion Kids
Maternity Store
1st: Room for 2
TIED: Steveston Maternity, Lusso Baby, Little Savages
Consignment or Vintage Store (Maternity, Children, Baby)
1st: Beansprouts
2nd: Front & Co
3rd: Little Savages
Children’s Shoe Store
1st: Aunt Em’s
TIED: The Shoe Box, Lusso Baby
Shopping Area/Mall
1st: Metrotown
2nd: Coquitlam Centre
3rd: Guildford
Favourite Local Source for Kids and Family Books
1st: Kidsbooks
2nd: Black Bond Books
3rd: Public Libraries
Children’s Furniture Store
1st: West Coast Kids
2nd: TJ’s the Kiddies Store
3rd: Crocodile Baby
Place For Baby Gear
1st: TJ’s the Kiddies Store
2nd: West Coast Kids
3rd: Crocodile Baby
Kids’ Sports Equipment Store
1st: Sports Junkies
2nd: Corner Sports
3rd: Abby’s Sports
Family Bike Shop
1st: Cap’s Bicycles
2nd: Different Bikes
TIED: Reckless, Bikes for All, Cambie Bikes
Nanny/Babysitting Agency or Organization
1st: Nannies on Call
TIED: Options Resources, Lullaby League
Midwife and/or Doula Services
1st: Mother Me
2nd: South Community Birth Program
3rd: Main Street Midwifery
Restaurant to Take the Family
1st: White Spot
2nd: Red Robin
3rd: Rocky Mountain Flatbread
Natural/Organic Food Store or Delivery Service
1st: Spud.ca
2nd: Nature’s Fare 3rd: Organic Grocer
Pizzeria
1st: Rocky Mountain Flatbread
2nd: Nat’s New York Pizza
TIED: Steveston Pizza, Bella Pizza, Via Tevere
Activity Play Centre
1st: Go Bananas
2nd: Koko’s
3rd: Great Escape
Kids Swim Program
TIED: Aquaventures, Hillcrest Community Centre
2nd: Red Cross Programs
3rd: Atlantis
Children’s Gymnastics Program
1st: Circus West
2nd: Phoenix Gymnastics
3rd: Delta Gymnastics
Children’s Visual & Fine Arts Program
1st: Music with Marnie
2nd: Circus West
3rd: Arts Umbrella
Children’s Performing Arts Program (Dance, Vocal, Theatre)
1st: Richmond Arts Connection
2nd: Vancouver Performing Stars
3rd: Gateway Theatre
readers’ choice 2018
Kids’ Day Camp (Summer, Spring Break, Winter Break)
1st: Circus West
2nd: Pear Tree
3rd: Music with Marnie
Family/Pediatric Dentist or Clinic
1st: Pediatric Dental Group
PDG
2nd: Child’s Play
3rd: Monarch
Fitness Program/Gym
1st: Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club
2nd: Fit for 2
3rd: Moksha Yoga
Readers’ Choice Awards
Learning/Tutoring Centre or Program
1st: Kumon
2nd: Tutor Doctor
3rd: Sylvan Learning Centres
Local Family Attraction
1st: Vancouver Aquarium
2nd: Science World
TIED: Stanley Park, Grouse
Mountain, Granville Island, Maplewood Farms
Annual Baby/Family Show/Fair/Event
1st: Circus West Year end show
2nd: The Fair at the PNE
3rd: Healthy Family Expo
Day Trip Destination (from Greater Vancouver)
1st: Whistler
TIED: Stanley Park, Harrison Hot Springs
3rd: Bowen Island
Vacation Destination (in BC)
1st: Whistler
2nd: Tofino
3rd: Victoria
Favourite Family Ski Area
1st: Whistler Blackcomb
2nd: Grouse Mountain
3rd: Cypress Mountain
Travel Agency/Resource
1st: Flight Centre
2nd: Marlin Travel
3rd: Travel Best Bets
Kids & Family
Photographer
1st: Bopomo Photography
2nd: Lisa Marie Photography
TIED: Robert Marlow, Robin Bonner, Jodie Hadden
Kids’ Hair Salon
TIED: Melonheads, Sparky’s
2nd: Bruce’s
Place to Host a Kid’s
Birthday Party
1st: Circus West
2nd: 4 Cats Art
3rd: 6Pack Indoor Beach
Party Supply Store or Rental
TIED: Party Bazaar, Party City
2nd: Turkey’s Partymakers
3rd: It’s My Party Shop
Children’s Entertainer/ Performer (Concerts, Parties, Events, or CDs)
1st: Music with Marnie
2nd: Bobs & Lolo
3rd: Will Stroet
Online Parenting/Family
Resource
1st: WestCoast Families online
2nd: KidsVancouver.com
3rd: BabyCenter.ca
Place To Read/Pick Up WestCoast Families Magazine
1st: Library 2nd: Online
Annual Family Events
Children the Heart of the Matter
January 26 - 27, 2018 www.childcareoptions.ca
Family Literacy Day January 27, 2018 www.abclifeliteracy.ca
Healthy Family Expo March 18, 2018 www.healthyfamilyexpo.com
Early Years Festival Surrey April 7, 2018 www.surrey.ca
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
April - May, 2018
www.abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca
Day out with Thomas at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park May 2018 www.wcra.org
Playland at the PNE May 5 - September 16, 2018 www.pne.ca/playland
Surrey International Children’s Festival May 24 - 26, 2018 www.surrey.ca
Vancouver International Children’s Festival May 28 - June 3, 2018 www.childrensfestival.ca
Point Grey Fiesta June 23, 2018 www.pointgreyfiesta.org
Whistler Children’s Festival
July 6 - 8, 2018 www.whistlerchildrensfestival.com
The Fair at the PNE August 18 - Sep 3, 2018 www.pne.ca
Word Vancouver September 24 - 30, 2018 www.wordvancouver.ca
Wesbrook Festival September 2018 www.discoverwesbrook.com
Vancouver Baby Family Fair October 27 - 28, 2018 www.baby-fair.com
Business Profiles
WestCoast Families is fortunate to work with some of the most amazing local businesses! They enrich our lives, make things easier, and allow us to enjoy this spectacular area we call home. We’ve partnered with some of them here in our featured Business Profile section, telling you more about what makes them special and why they are so passionate about what they do. These profiles, resource listings, and more are also available on our website, with live weblinks to each business. Visit us at www.westcoastfamilies.com If you’d like to be included in our Business Profile feature next year, email sales@westcoastfamilies.com
Inspiring creativity. For good. Since 1979, Arts Umbrella has made it a mission to provide children and youth with access to high quality arts programs, regardless of experience, level of education, or socio-economic background. Through visual arts, music, theatre, dance, and media arts programs, Arts Umbrella is the go-to centre for arts in Metro Vancouver.
Q&A
Why did you start this business?
In 1979, Carol Henriquez and Gloria Schwartz wanted to instill in all children a love of the arts. Our founders built a centre that would awaken the potential of young people, inspiring them to become confident, productive, creative, and healthy citizens.
What makes your business special?
We’re one of the few kids’ arts organizations to teach visual and performing arts in one space, creating a fun, inspiring environment in which young artists thrive. Our practicing artist-instructors not only teach technique, but also self-expression.
Tell us a little-known secret about your business. We’re a non-profit. Of the 20,000 young people we reach every year, 80% access our programming at little to no cost—through bursary and scholarship opportunities, as well as free community programs at schools, community centres, and healthcare facilities.
Claire Newell
Travel Best Bets is a leader in Canada’s travel industry, offering awardwinning service and sales as a leading travel agency and wholesaler. Travel Best Bet’s state-of-the-art call centre is open 7 days a week to handle your sales enquiries. From Singapore to New York, when you need to get there, your destination is just a call away!
Q&A
What do you most enjoy teaching or showing your clients?
That the world is a book and if you don’t travel you only read one page.
Can you share an improvement or something new you’ll be offering in the near future?
I’m excited to share that we will be opening some new locations in the very near future!
Can you share a life-defining moment?
Marrying my incredibly supportive, funny, kind, and laid-back husband. He brings out the best in me, and encourages me to follow my dreams.
Tell us a little-known secret about your business. I started Travel Best Bets straight out of university (UBC) with a loan against the car my parents had bought for me as a university graduation present.
What is one thing you’d like to tell our readers about your business? In April 2018, we will be celebrating 25 years in business!
Matthew’s House
Matthew’s House is a program of Communitas Supportive Care Society. Communitas is a faith-based, registered charity providing care in communities across British Columbia to those living with disabilities. They provide services ranging from 24-hour residential care, to skillsbased day programs, to respite care for families.
Q&A
What are your most popular services?
Matthew’s House supports families by providing quality care to children who live with complex care needs. Located in Abbotsford, Matthew’s House provides care for up to five children at a time, in a stateof-the-art residence staffed by experienced caregivers. Children between the ages of 4 and 18 stay from two nights to 14 days or longer.
Why did you start this service?
Matthew’s House is a result of the vision of Doug and Andrea Froese. Complications during his birth left Matthew completely dependent on others for his care. Despite this, he was deeply loved by family and friends. Doug and Andrea sought to honour this legacy of love by creating a home-away-from-home, where families like theirs could bring their child, knowing that they would be safely and lovingly cared for. Matthew’s House opened its doors in November, 2013.
What makes your service special?
One of the things that makes Matthew’s House such a special place is the way that we include parents. We recognize that parents are the experts on their child’s care. Parents work together with staff to create a care plan for their child’s stay, ensuring that care is specific to their child’s needs. Parents also spend the first night in our beautiful parent’s room, to help their child adjust to the new environment and to help staff learn from their unique knowledge.
What is one thing that you’d like to tell readers about your business?
Matthew’s House is funded through a blended partnership between government and private donors. Quality care is costly and Matthew’s House relies on donations from events and generous donations from community groups and individuals.
Abbotsford
Tourism Harrison is the destination marketing organization for Harrison Hot Springs, and has the mission of educating the world about the family-friendly resort destination that offers hot springs, hiking, biking, and paddling - all while surrounded by nature. Only a 90-minute drive from downtown Vancouver, Tourism Harrison encourages visitors to “Find nature...just up the road.”
Q&A
How does your business relate to or connect with the West Coast lifestyle?
Harrison Hot Springs offers the perfect place to get away from the big city stress and congestion. Surrounded by mountains, with wonderful sandy beaches and the incredible and pristine Harrison lake, Harrison has something to offer everyone.
What makes your business special?
Harrison Hot Springs offers visitors more than just beautiful scenery. What makes Harrison unique is the healing hot springs, and of course the elusive Sasquatch!
Can you share an improvement or something new you’ll be offering in the near future?
Harrison has a long history with the sasquatch. The Sts’ailes First Nations band has stories about this mystical beast dating back thousands of years. Visitors can learn more about the sasquatch and its history at our new Sasquatch Museum.
What is one thing you’d like to tell our readers about your business? Harrison is the perfect family vacation destination with something for all ages. Whether it’s hiking, biking, paddling or simply relaxing on the beach, our visitors can find nature...just up the road.
Place des Arts
Place des Arts is an established arts education centre located in Maillardville, Coquitlam. With over 45 years of experience providing high quality programs in all artistic disciplines, Place des Arts is a thriving home to our arts community.
Q&A
Why did you start this business?
Place des Arts was founded in 1972 by the Coquitlam Arts Council to provide a home for the arts in the Tricities area. The aim of the founders was to have all the arts under one roof, which we continue to do to this day.
What makes your business special?
Our highly-skilled teachers provide instruction in all arts disciplines in our well-equipped facility. We offer a multitude of music and visual arts classrooms as well as dedicated fibre arts, pottery and dance studios.
What are your most popular services or products?
Our high-quality classes and private lessons in the visual, literary and performing arts for all ages and skill levels. Our Summer Fun art camps for kids ages 7-14 are also extremely popular, as are our adult pottery and fibre programs and our new Coquitlam Youth Theatre Company for aspiring performers ages 10-17.
www.placedesarts.ca 604.664.1636 Facebook.com/pdacoquitlam/
Parenting for Connection
Robbin McManne, Certified Parent Coach
Lower Mainland & Greater Vancouver
Robbin used to be an angry mom. Even though she used to SNAP she would feel horrible after and felt like a failure. That seems like a lifetime ago, and now as a Parent Coach, she has learned how to understand her anger and enjoys being with her kids and helps parents do the same!
Q&A
Why did you start this business?
I wanted to help parents find more joy in their parenting, and help them understand themselves and their kids to create a more cooperative environment. As a Coach, I help parents create strong families so they have more peace and so their kids thrive!
What makes your business special?
My business offers a new way to parent – I teach how to get your kids to listen the first time without yelling or repeating and how to quickly end meltdowns. I help parents understand their anger and their kids’ emotions.
What is one thing you’d like to tell our readers about your business?
You aren’t alone if you are a struggling, frustrated or angry parent. This is the hardest job and we often feel horrible and ashamed when it doesn’t look like we imagined. I can help you restore harmony and create the family you’ve always envisioned.
www.parentingforconnection.com
Facebook.com/parenting4connection
Instagram: @parentingforconnection
Camp Artaban
Providing Christian camping on Gambier Island since 1923, Camp Artaban welcomes everyone. Described as “awesome” and “paradise”, Artaban offers sleepaway camps, outdoor education, weddings and rentals. Natural exploration and outdoor adventure provide a wilderness experience just 30 minutes from Vancouver.
Q&A
How does your business relate to or connect with the West Coast lifestyle?
We offer a feeling of being in the wilderness, within a 30 minute boat ride of the city. Our West Coast comfortable amenities are nestled in pristine coastal rainforest which is perfect for teaching local flora, fauna and wilderness skills. Artaban’s spectacular waterfront offers swimming, sea kayaking, beach combing and more.
What makes your business special?
We are sensitive to youth culture while encouraging children to ‘be at camp’. The rustic setting enables children & adults to forget about the city life and enjoy getting messy. Artaban staff work closely with camp directors and renters to create a bespoke camp experience.
Gambier Island www.campartaban.com 604.980.0391
Facebook.com/campartaban/
Dr. Sabrina Chen-See
Vancouver’s Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor, Vancouver
Dr. Sabrina Chen-See is skilled in various chiropractic techniques that help patients to achieve their health goals - whether it is pain relief, subluxation correction, maintaining good health, or unleashing their inner potential. Her approach to chiropractic care helps families for whom quality of life is the highest priority. The focus at Vancouver’s Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor is on reducing nerve distress so the body and mind can function at its best.
Q&A
What makes your business special?
We use specailty techniques in chiropractic, but the biggest difference is that we have programs in place to help people in difficult situations that seem to fall through the cracks and don’t respond to traditional routes of care.
Can you share an improvement or something new you’ll be offering in the near future?
Something we’ve recently started is offering free Baseline Health Assessments for kids. We do this as a community service to give parents an opportunity to find out their kids’ level of health and our recommendations for improvement.
Vancouver’s Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor www.familywellnesschiro.ca
604.566.9088 Facebook.com/FamilyWellnessChiropractor/
Michele Kambolis
Chi School, Vancouver
Chi School shares the latest information and tools for a mindful, balanced life. They offer programs that support parents with playbased activities that amplify joy, resiliency and connection, and practical tips on parenting, mind-body health, yummy kid-friendly vegan recipes, and all other important information to help make life a little easier and bolster your family’s health.
Q&A
Why did you start this business?
When we help others heal, we heal too – it’s this deep desire to support a conscious, healthy, connected human family that drives everything I do.
What makes your business special?
Our approach is highly integrated to ensure that clients receive effective, holistic care. We offer services for all ages and abilities, including clinical counseling, behaviour consultation and intervention, community outreach, vocational counseling and training, sexual health groups, biofeedback, mindfulness groups and a whole host of other services, all well supported by science.
Can you share an improvement or something new you’ll be offering in the near future?
We’re launching a Chi School webinar in June! Parents and children will now be able to practise their happiness tools no matter where they are.
Can you share a life-defining moment?
I struggled with infertility. Eight pregnancies and two children later, I realized that parenting is a complex and sometimes painful path of transformation. That knowledge informs my work and my life in profound ways.
SOAR Inclusive Preschool
By creating a safe, consistent, and welcoming environment, SOAR Inclusive Preschool provides meaningful social and learning experiences to all students ages 2.5 to 5 years regardless of background, experience, or ability.
Q&A
What do you most enjoy teaching or showing your clients?
At SOAR, children on the Autism spectrum learn alongside typically developing peers. Children who have no diagnosis benefit from the school’s individualized curriculum while they build social awareness and learn to accommodate different types of friends.
What makes your business special?
Our caring instructors are fluent in contemporary teaching and behavioural support strategies and receive regular supervision and consultation from experts in the field. We are the first preschool in British Columbia to provide an equal number of independent and supported placements (1 support worker for every two students).
Kits Family Dental
Kits Family Dental is a dental office in Vancouver, conveniently located in Kitsilano, with flexible morning, evening, and weekend hours to easily accommodate your entire family. Our Vancouver dental office treats patients of all ages, from your baby at 6 months old to people well into their retirement years.
Q&A
What are you or your business best known for in your work?
At Kits Family Dental, we have services to take care of the entire family. You may be a kid at heart, but we also have a special section of services just for the kids themselves.
What do you most enjoy teaching or showing your clients?
Our goal is to provide high-quality, preventive dentistry to all our patients. Our focus and commitment is towards patient education. From teaching parents how to care for their babies’ and young children’s teeth, to giving adolescents and adults the special care they may need to restore their oral health, we are here to help and guide you every step of the way.
Alyssa Bauman
Nourished Health Consulting, Vancouver
Enlightening, motivating, and results-driven. Nourished - a health consulting firm, inspires wellness through one-on-one consultations, providing a comfortable environment for clients to thrive emotionally and physically. Nourished creates personalized wellness maps to bring more balance, energy, clarity, and to help with weight loss/ management, anxiety and fatigue for life. This isn’t a diet, Nourished encourages a healthier lifestyle - providing solutions to live your happiest, most fulfilled life today.
Q&A
What are your most popular services?
I sell health and wellness. My most popular services are my one-onone health coaching programs, the Nourished Makeover, and the Nourished Video Series which are ten 5-7 minute videos that are like having your own personal nutritionist in your back pocket.
What do you like best about owning a business?
Freedom to express who I am on my time. I am completely present in my children’s lives. I am my own business so anywhere I go, I am Nourished.
What do you crave in life?
Fresh green juice, and acai and hemp smoothies. My daughters’ smiles, new places to explore, and a killer red lipstick. Lingering kisses, avocados, my native NYC, and the perfect little dress.
What’s the #1 food you get clients to eliminate? Sugar.
What do you teach your clients about all the processed food choices available?
You need to be aware, and you need to make being aware a priority. Food is about fuel, not just about eating. We need to know exactly what it is we’re eating, and what we’re putting into our bodies.
www.nourished.ca 604.290.1231 Facebook.com/nourished.ca Twitter: @nourished_by_Alyssa
Q&A
zenGOT
Greater Vancouver Area
zenGOT is an online platform that matches customers who order on-demand home services with trusted, qualified and affordable service providers using a business model similar to Airbnb and Uber.
Why did you start this business?
I’m a working mom who absolutely prefers enjoying activities with loved ones over doing chores. I wasn’t getting the free time I craved and knew I wasn’t alone. I started zenGOT to help myself and others have more free time.
What makes your business special?
zenGOT provides customers with Helping Hands, On Demand. We offer numerous home services including: cleaning, pet services, errand running, yard work, handy person work, organizing, elder assistance and more. We also offer virtual gift cards for friends and loved ones.
What is one thing you’d like to tell our readers about your business? We give people the opportunity to have more time AND experience greater happiness. Research by a Harvard Business School professor found that people across all income levels reported greater happiness after spending money on time-saving services like those offered at zenGOT.
zenGOT
www.zenGOT.com
778.233.8782
Facebook.com/zenGOT / Twitter @zenGOTzen
BC Women’s Hospital and HealthCare Foundation Programs
So much more than delivering amazing babies!
BC Women’s Hospital is dedicated to research, teaching and care supporting the healthiest outcomes for women and newborns in BC. This is a resource list of just some of the unique clinics and programs offered by BC Women’s.
Access Clinic
The first clinic in Canada to provide education, diagnostic screening, treatment and advocacy for women with disabilities.
CARE Program
Comprehensive Abortion and Reproductive Education Program for women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy - focusing on women’s emotional, social, and physical needs.
Continence Clinic
The only in-hospital, non-profit program in BC where physiotherapists treat women with incontinence using non-surgical techniques
The Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic
Caring and support during the trauma of miscarriage - providing diagnosis, care, privacy, counselling and follow-up.
Medical Genetics Program
High quality genetic health care to residents of BC, while participating in and contributing actively to research and education in the field of Medical Genetics.
Milk Bank
Saves lives by providing the families of sick babies with pasteurized donor breast milk.
Newcomer Women’s Health Clinic
Services provided by a nurse practitioner for women who are new arrivals to Canada, including cervical cancer screening, breast screening, sexually transmitted infection testing, contraceptive counseling, and general women’s healthcare.
Nurse Practitioner Community Clinics
Out in the community to help at-risk women gain better access to primary care, such as cancer screening, prevention advice and counseling. BC Women’s Nurse Practitioners at Vancouver Women’s Health Collective headquarters near Hastings and Main.
Pelvic Pain + Endometriosis Clinic
Pelvic pain and endometriosis affect approximately 500,000 Canadian women. This centre’s mission is to alleviate the suffering of these women by addressing the unique complexities associated with these conditions and applying a multidisciplinary approach to treatment.
For more information and links to all of these programs and clinics, and many more, go to www.bcwomensfoundation.org/about/the-hospital/programs
Under the GUI Academy Inc.
Locations Throughout Canada
Under the GUI Academy is a learning centre focused on STEM programs for students in grades 1 to 12. We aim to inspire kids to innovate, think critically, and create, with technologies on the fringe of our hi-tech culture; creating video games, apps, and software using the same tools used by professionals.
Q&A
Why did you start this business?
I started Under the GUI Academy by accident. My intention after I graduated was to look for a job in a lab or a tech corp., and maybe tutor on the side because I really enjoyed working with kids and being an educator. I tutored in math and science, and after class, I would show off some of the apps and games that I was working on. They were really into it! They asked if I could teach them this on top of their other classes, and so I did! Eventually word got out and I began teaching more and more kids how to code their own apps.
Can you share an improvement or something new you’ll be offering in the near future?
We find that the biggest pain point for parents is that they worry about their kids missing classes, and trying to catch up if they fall behind. We get it, there’s soccer, birthday parties, and unexpected events that happen all the time. Our goal for this coming year is to explore new ways to provide the content the students may have missed in our classes from week to week, so parents can have the flexibility to schedule other activities during the same timeframe. We’re also expanding our program to include Circuits and Robotics this coming school year and are looking for parents that are interested in piloting with us!
Tell us a little-known secret about your business.
A little-known secret about us is that we don’t like to force homework on our students.
It’s really important to us that our kids enjoy learning. If there’s always the catch that “you’re going to have to do work later” students start hating school and not wanting to learn anything. But of course, if they want something to do at home, we’ll be happy to provide more!
Family Resource Listings
HOUSEHOLD
zenGOT, Lower Mainland www.zengot.com
EDUCATION
Education –Early Years
See Preschools | Childcare Education –Learning Centres
Abby Tutors, Abbotsford www.abbytutors.com
Active Learning, Surrey www.beyondlearning.com
Amazing Tutors, Surrey | White Rock www.amazingtutors.ca
Brain Boost Education www.brainboosteducation.com
Europa Language School, Coquitlam www.europals.ca
Homequest homequest.deltasd.bc.ca
Happy Marks Tutoring www.happymarkstutoring.com
High Score Learning Inc. www.highscorelearning.com
Higher Grade Learning Centre www.highergrade.ca
Ho Math and Chess Learning Centre www.vancouvermath.com
JEI Learning Centre www.jeilearning.com
Kumon Math & Reading, multiple locations www.kumon.com
Little House Tutoring and Learning Centre www.littlehousetutoring.com
LRM Education www.lrmeducation.com
Mathnasium www.mathnasium.ca
Millennium Learning Advantage, Port Moody www.millenniumlearningadvantage.com
Oxford Learning www.oxfordlearning.com
Reading and Learning Pathways www.rlpathways.com
School is Easy www.schooliseasy.com
Spirit Of Math www.spiritofmath.com
Sylvan Learning www.sylvanlearning.com
Tutor Doctor www.smarterstudents.ca
Tutors in Vancouver www.tutorsinvancouver.ca
Vancouver Learning Centre www.vancouverlearningcentre.com
Vancouver Learners Network www.vlns.ca
Education –Elementary and Secondary
Brockton School, North Vancouver www.brocktonschool.com
BC Christian Academy, Tri-Cities www.bcchristianacademy.ca
Claren Academy, Vancouver www.clarenacademy.org
Collingwood School, West Vancouver www.collingwood.org
Fraser Academy, Vancouver www.fraseracademy.ca
Fraser Valley Elementary www.fves.bc.ca
Homequest homequest.deltasd.bc.ca
Island Pacific School, Bowen Island www.islandpacific.org
James Cameron School, Maple Ridge www.jcs.bc.ca
North Star Montessori Elementary, North Vancouver www.northstarmontessori.ca
Private School Expo www.ourkids.net/expo/vancouverexpo.php
Southpointe Academy, Delta www.southpointe.ca
West Vancouver School District www.westvancouverschools.ca
York House School, Vancouver www.yorkhouse.ca
Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School | Maplewood Alternative High School, North Vancouver www.kgms.ca
Urban Academy, New Westminster www.urbanacademy.ca
West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver www.wpga.ca
Vancouver Learners Network www.vlns.ca
PROGRAMS FOR KIDS
Programs for KidsMusic & the Arts
Artmania, West Vancouver www.artmaniabc.ca
Arts Umbrella www.artsumbrella.com
Ava Music and Arts Centre, North Vancouver www.avamusic.ca
Chorus and Clouds, Vancouver www.chorusandclouds.ca
CircusWest www.circuswest.com
Color Connection, Abbotsford www.colorconnection.ca
Creative Edge, Abbotsford www.creativeedgebc.com
The Cutting Room, Vancouver www.the-cuttingroom.com
Evergreen Cultural Centre www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca
Gabriela’s Movement Studio, Richmond www.movementstudio.ca
Gateway Theatre Academy for the Performing Arts, Richmond www.gatewaytheatre.com
Green Apple Art Center www.greenappleartcenter.com
Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver www.kaymeekcentre.com
Lavrova Dance, Langley www.lavrovadance.com
Langley Community Music School www.langleymusic.com
Music for Young Children www.myc.com
Neighbourhood Art School, Langley www.theartschool.com
North West Academy of Performing Arts www.napadance.com
Place des Arts, Coquitlam www.placedesarts.ca
Port Moody Arts Centre www.pomoarts.ca
Royal City Youth Ballet www.royalcityyouthballet.org
Spotlight Dance Centre, Burnaby www.spotlightdancecentre.com
Studio 202, Vancouver www.studio202community.com
The ACT Arts Centre www.theactmapleridge.com
The Makers Room, Langley www.themakersroom.com
Family Resource Listings
The Stage New West www.thestagenewwest.ca
Tom Lee Music www.tomleemusic.ca
Vancouver Bach Choir www.vbcc-vbyc.ca
VSO School of Music www.vsoschoolofmusic.ca
Programs for KidsAthletics
Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association www.abbotsfordminorhockey.ca
Abbotsford Soccer Association www.abbotsfordsoccer.com
Aldergrove Minor Hockey Association www.aldergroveminorhockey.com
Aldergrove Youth Soccer Club www.aldergrovesoccer.com
Burnaby 8 Rinks www.icesports.com/burnaby8rinks
Burnaby Girls Soccer www.burnabygirlssoccer.com
Burnaby Minor Hockey Association www.burnabyminor.com
Cliff Avenue United FC, Burnaby www.cliffavenuesoccer.com
Cloverdale Minor Hockey Association www.cloverdaleminorhockey.com
Cloverdale Youth Soccer www.cloverdaleyouthsoccer.com
Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club www.cmfsc.ca
Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association www.coquitlamminorhockey.org
Delta Youth Soccer Association www.deltayouthsoccer.com
Guildford Athletic Club www.guildfordac.com
Inhabit Training Academy www.inhabit.club
Jump Gymnastics www.jumpgymnastics.ca
Langley Minor Hockey Association www.langleyminorhockey.ca
Langley Twin Rinks www.icesports.com/langleytwin/ home.aspx
Langley United Youth Soccer www.luysa.com
New Westminster Minor Hockey Association www.nwmha.ca
North Delta Minor Hockey Association www.ndhockey.com
North Vancouver FC www.nvfc.ca
North Vancouver Brazilian Jiu Jitsu www.northvanbjj.com
Phoenix Gymnastics, Vancouver www.phoenixgymnastics.com
Port Coquitlam Euro-Rite FC www.pocosoccer.com
Port Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association www.pocominorhockey.com
Port Moody Amateur Hockey Association www.pmaha.com
Rhythm Gym, Burnaby www.rhythmgym.ca
Richmond Aquatics www.richmond.ca
Richmond Minor Hockey Association www.richmondminorhockey.com
Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey Association www.ridgemeadowshockey.com
Royal City Youth Soccer www.rcysc.com
South Delta Minor Hockey
Association www.southdeltahockey.com
Surrey Minor Hockey Association www.surreyminorhockey.com
Tumbletown, Vancouver www.tumbletown.ca
Vancouver Minor Hockey Association www.vmha.com
Vancouver Youth soccer Association www.vysa.ca
West Coast Auto Group FC www.westcoastfc.ca
West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association www.wvmha.ca
West Vancouver Soccer Club www.westvansoccer.com
YMCA www.vanymca.org
Programs for Kids –Other
Burnaby Neighbourhood House www.burnabynh.ca
City of Abbotsford www.abbotsford.ca
Township of Langley www.tol.ca
City of Cloverdale www.cloverdale.bc.ca
City of White Rock www.whiterockcity.ca
City of Delta www.delta.ca
City of Richmond www.richmond.ca
City of Burnaby www.burnaby.ca
City of New Westminster www.newwestcity.ca
City of Coquitlam www.coquitlam.ca
City of Port Coquitlam www.portcoquitlam.ca
City of Port Moody www.portmoody.ca
City of Maple Ridge www.mapleridge.ca
City of Pitt Meadows www.pittmeadows.bc.ca
City of North Vancouver www.cnv.org
Family Resource Listings
City of Surrey www.surrey.ca
City of Vancouver www.vancouver.ca
Crescent Stables www.crescentstables.com
District of West Vancouver www.westvancouver.ca
Girl Guides www.bc-girlguides.org
Scouts Canada www.scouts.ca
YMCA gv.ymca.ca
SPECIAL NEEDS
Autism BC www.autismbc.ca
Autism Community Training www.actcommunity.ca
Autism Junction www.autismjunction.ca
Autism Speaks www.autismspeaks.org
Autism Support Network www.autismsupportbc.ca
Canucks Autism Network www.canucksautism.ca
Communitas www.communitascare.com
Community Living BC www.communitylivingbc.ca
Developmental Disabilities Association www.develop.bc.ca
Family Support Institute of BC www.familysupportbc.com
Inclusion BC www.inclusionbc.org
Kelty Mental Health www.keltymentalhealth.ca
Matthew’s House www.mattshouse.ca
Millenium Learning Advantage www.milleniumlearningadvantage.com
Pacific Autism Family Network www.pacificautismfamily.com
Play2Learn4Life Occupational | Speech Therapy www.play2learn4life.com
PosAbilities | Laurel Behaviour Support Services www.laurelbc.ca
Vancouver Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor – Dr. Sabrina Chen-See www.familywellnesschiro.ca
ATTRACTIONS | ENTERTAINMENT
Attractions | EntertainmentAround the City
Appleseed Children’s Playhouse www.playatappleseed.com
Bill Reid Gallery www.billreidgallery.ca
Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver www.vancouver.ca
Burnaby Village Museum www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca
Capilano Suspension Bridge www.capbridge.com
Carousel Theatre for Young People www.carouseltheatre.ca
Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Richmond www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org
Healthy Family Expo (March) www.healthyfamilyexpo.com
Heart-Mind Conference www.dalailamacenter.org/program/ heart-mind-conference
Kid Approved, Surrey-Delta-White Rock www.kidapprovedbc.com
Kidtropolos, Richmond www.kidtropolis.ca
KidsWorld www.kidsworldprogram.com
Maplewood Farm, North Vancouver www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca
Pirate Adventures www.pirateadventures.ca
Real to Reel International Film Festival for Youth www.r2rfestival.org
Royal City Youth Ballet www.royalcityyouthballet.org
Richmond Country Farms www.countryfarms.ca
Rocky Mountain Flatbread www.rockymountainflatbread.ca
Science World www.scienceworld.ca
Vancouver Aquarium www.vanaqua.org
Vancouver Baby & Family Fair www.baby-fair.com
Vancouver Maritime Museum www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra www.vancouversymphony.ca
Watermania www.richmond.ca/parksrec/pools/ watermania.htm
Attractions | Entertainment - In The Valley
Castle Fun Park, Abbotsford www.castlefunpark.com
Cultus Lake Water Park www.cultus.com
Fort Langley National Historic Site www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/langley
Greater Vancouver Zoo www.gvzoo.com
Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch www.facebook.com/HazelmerePumpkin-Patch-125530080795831/
Krause Berry Farms www.krauseberryfarms.com
Langley Centennial Museum museum.tol.ca
Meadows Maze www.meadowsmaze.com
Maan Farms
Family Resource Listings
www.maanfarms.com
Attractions | EntertainmentFarther Away
Britannia Mine Museum www.britanniaminemuseum.ca
Imagine Childrens Museum, Everett WA www.imaginecm.org
Royal BC Museum, Victoria www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Taves Family Farms www.tavesfamilyfarms.com
West Coast Railway www.wcra.org
CHILDCARE | PRESCHOOL
ChildCare | Preschool Resources
Association of Neighbourhood Houses www.anhbc.org
Child Care Options www.childcareoptions.ca
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society www.acc-society.bc.ca
Child Care Resource & Referral Programs www.childcareresource.ca
Counsel of Parent Participation Preschools www.cpppreschools.bc.ca
Daycare Bear www.daycarebear.ca
Go Day Care www.godaycare.com
North Shore Child Care Resource and Referral www.nscr.bc.ca
Vancouver Society of Childrens Centres
www.vsocc.org
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre www.wstcoast.org
Childcare | PreschoolMultiple Locations
Aboriginal Head Start Association www.ahsabc.com
Bee Haven Kids www.beehavenkids.com
BrightPath Kids www.brightpathkids.com
Brightstart Children’s Academy www.brightstart.ca
CEFA www.cefa.ca
Developmental Disabilities Association Inclusive Childcare www.develop.bc.ca
Fraser Montessori Daycare www.edithsmontessori.com
Jellybean Park www.jellybeanpark.com
Kids and Company www.kidsandcompany.com/ca/
Little Koala Montessori www.littlekoalamontessori.com
Purpose Society www.purposesociety.org
Reach for the Stars Montessori www.reachforthestarsmontessori.com
Smilestones www.smilestones.ca
Wind & Tide Preschools www.windandtide.com
YMCA of Greater Vancouver www.gv.ymca.ca
Childcare | PreschoolVancouver
Collingwood Neighbourhood House
www.cnh.bc.ca
Creative Kids Montessori Vancouver www.creativekidsmontessori.com
City Hall Child Care Society www.cityhallchildcare.org
Creekview Tiny Tots Society www.creekviewtinytots.com
Developmental Disabilities Association www.develop.bc.ca
Elite Montessori Academy www.elitemontessori.ca
Family Montessori School www.familymontessori.com
Granville House Montessori www.granvillehousemontessori.com
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver www.jccgv.com
Kerrisdale Little Owls Preschool www.kerrisdalelittleowlspreschool.com
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House www.kiwassa.ca
Meta Montessori House www.metamontessori.com
Montessori Daycare Society
www.montessoridaycare.ca
Mount Pleasant Community Centre www.mountpleasantcc.ca
My Whole Earth Academy www.mywholeearth.ca
Pomme d’Api www.pommedapi.org
SPG Child Care www.spgchildcare.org
Spare Time Child Care Society www.sparetimesociety.org
UBC Childcare Services www.childcare.ubc.ca
Vancouver Bilingual Preschool www.vancouverbilingual.com
Vancouver Montessori www.vancouvermontessorischool.com
West Point Grey Community Centre www.westpointgrey.org
Westside Montessori Academy www.westsidemontessoriacademy.ca
Westside Montessori www.westsidemontessori.ca
Wonder of Learning www.wonderoflearning.ca
YWCA
Family Resource Listings
www.ywcavan.org
Childcare | Preschool –Burnaby | New Westminster
Aubrey Daycare Centres www.aubreydaycare.com
Burnaby French Language Preschool www.bflp.org
Burnaby Neighbourhood House Preschool www.burnabynh.ca
Birchwood Daycare www.birchwooddaycare.com
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion www.gobaci.com
Burnaby Family Life www.burnabyfamilylife.org
Discovery Childcare Centre www.burnabychildcare.ca
Growing Minds Childcare Centre www.growingmindschildcarecenter.ca
Parkwood Childcare www.parkwoodchildcare.com
Puddle Splashers Childcare Society www.puddlesplashers.com
SFU Childcare Society www.sfuchildcare.ca
Starlight Child Care Centre www.starlightchildcarecentre.com
Sunflower Daycare www.sunflowerdaycare.com
Childcare | Preschool – Surrey | Delta | White Rock
City of Surrey www.surrey.ca
A Place to Grow www.aplacetogrow.ca
A to Z Childcare Centres www.a2zchildcare.ca
Alexandra Neighbourhood House
www.alexhouse.net
Bright Eyes Academy www.brighteyesacademy.ca
Caterpillar Fun House www.caterpillarfunhouse.com
Cornerstone Montessori www.cornerstone-montessori.ca
Creative Kids Learning Centres www.creativekidslearningcenters.ca
Global West Montessori www.globalwestmontessori.ca/ tsawwassen
Honey Tree The Children’s Learning Centre www.honeytree.ca
Kids Zone Child Care Centre www.kidszonechildcarecentre.com
Kidzville Learning Center www.kidzvillelearningcenters.com
Olio Childcare www.oliochildcare.ca
Pacific Heights Montessori Children’s Centre www.phmccentre.com
Rise N Shine Childcare Centres www.rnschildcare.vpweb.ca
Roots & Wings Montessori www.rootsandwingsbc.com
Childcare | Preschool –Tri-Cities
Bramblewood Montessori www.bramblewoodmontessori.com
Early Learning Childcare Centre www.earlylearningpoco.ca
Friendship Corner Daycare www.friendshipdaycare.com
Future Kids Daycare www.futurekidsdaycare.ca
Green Apple Daycare www.greenappledaycare.ca
Parkland Players
www.parklandplayers.com
Port Coquitlam Daycare Society www.pocodaycare.com
Shining Star Daycare www.shiningstardaycare.ca
Stay’N’Play Daycare www.staynplaydaycare.com
Step by Step Child Development Society www.step-by-step.ca
Sunny Gate Montessori www.sunnygatemontessori.com
Write Choice Early Learning Centre www.writechoicelearning.com
Childcare | PreschoolNorth & West Vancouver
Gatehouse Montessori www.gatehousemontessori.com
Acorn Early Education Centre www.acornearlyed.com
Apple Blossom Childcare Centre www.appleblossomchildcare.ca
BellaBee Childcare www.bellabeechildcare.com
Bluebird Group Daycare Centre
www.bluebirddaycare.ca
Harbourside Children’s Centre www.harboursidechildren.ca
Highlands Preschool www.highlandspreschool.ca
Little Rascals Daycare www.littlerascals.ca
Lonsdale Creek Daycare Centre Society www.lonsdalecreekdaycare.ca
Montessori Mes Petits www.ourpreschool.com
North Star Montessori Elementary www.northstarmontessori.ca
Olive Grove Childcare Ltd. www.olivegrovechildcare.ca
Park Place Daycare & Montessori www.parkplacedaycareltd.com
PJ Kids Club www.pjkidsclub.com
Smiling Stars Daycare www.smilingstarsdaycare.com
Sweet Peas Cottage www.sweetpeascottage.ca
West Vancouver Child Development Centre www.westvandaycare.org
Family Resource Listings
Childcare | PreschoolRichmond
Aves Early Education Centre www.aveseducation.com
Butterfly Progressive Montessori School www.butterflymontessori.ca
Cityfarm Daycare www.cityfarmdaycare.com
Creative Montessori Daycare www.creativedaycare.ca
Garderie et Prematernelle les Moussaillons www.moussaillons.ca
Happy May Childcare Centre www.happymay.ca
Les Moussaillons www.moussaillons.ca
Little Wings Daycare Society www.littlewingsdaycare.ca
Raindrop Bilingual Daycare www.raindropbilingual.com
SOAR Inclusive Preschool www.soarpreschool.ca
Society of Richmond Childrens Centres www.richmondchildcare.org
Childcare | Preschool –
Langley | Aldergrove | Abbotsford
Chipmunk Achievers Preschool www.chipmunkachievers.com
Creative Edge School of Arts Preschool www.creativeedgebc.com/preschool.html
Fort Langley Learning Centre www.fortlangleychildcare.ca
Global West Montessori www.globalwestmontessori.ca
Hazelmere Acres Preschool & Daycare www.hazelmereacres.ca
Kids Club Childcare Centre www.kidsclubabbotsford.com
Langley Forest School www.langleyforestschool.com
Langley Montessori School www.langleymontessori.ca
LCS Building Blocks Preschool www.langleychristian.com
Peregrine House School www.peregrinehouseschool.com
Precious Moments Children’s Centre www.preciouskids.ca
Rainforest Learning Centre www.rainforestlearningcentre.ca
Upper Fraser Valley Developmental Preschool www.preschoolabbotsford.com
DAY CAMPS
Day CampsNature|Adventure
A&T Equestrian www.aandtequestrian.com
BC SPCA Kids Camp Various Locations www.spca.bc.ca/kids
Beehaven Kids, North Vancouver www.beehavenkids.com
Burns Bog Conservation Society Delta www.burnsbog.org/summer-daycamps
Camp Luther, Mission www.campluther.ca
Camp Pringle, Shawnigan Lake www.camppringle.com
Canada A Rocha Environmental Stewardship, Surrey www.arocha.ca
Crescent Stables www.crescentstables.com
Eagles in the Sky, Vancouver www.eaglesinthesky.ca
Grouse Mountain, Vancouver www.grousemountain.com/camps
Sasamat Outdoor Centre Belcarra www.sasamat.org
SFU Camps Burnaby, Surrey www.sfu.ca/camps
Soaring Eagle Nature School Vancouver www.soaringeaglenatureschool.org
Stanley Park Ecology Society Vancouver www.stanleyparkecology.ca
Stillwood Camps
Lindell Beach www.stillwood.ca
UBC FarmWonders Vancouver www.farmwonders.ca
Urban Safari Surrey www.urbansafari.ca
Vancouver Aquarium Kids Camps Vancouver www.vanaqua.org/learn/camps
VanDusen Botanical Garden www.vandusengarden.org
YMCA Camps of Greater Vancouver Multiple locations www.vanymca.org/camps
Day CampsGeneral Fun
Burnaby Village Museum Burnaby www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca
Camp Squeah, Hope www.squeah.com
Christian Urban Camps www.christianurbancamp.ca
City of Surrey www.surrey.ca
Coastal Kids Sechelt Summer Fun Day Camp https://www.facebook.com/ CoastalKidsSechelt/
Collingwood School www.collingwood.org/camps
JCC Camps, Vancouver www.jccgv.com
Kids Zone Camp www.kidszonecamp.ca
Family Resource Listings
Mulgrave Camp, West Vancouver www.mulgrave.com
OAC Kids Camps www.oackidscamp.ca/
PJs Kids Clubs, West Vancouver www.pjkidsclub.com
Resort Municipality of Whistler www.whistler.ca
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co Multiple locations www.rockymountainflatbread.ca
Royal BC Museum, Victoria www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Spare Time Childcare Society Vancouver www.sparetimesociety.org
Urban Academy, New Westminster www.urbanacademy.ca
Westside Montessori Academy Vancouver www.wmasummercamp.com
Day CampsPerforming | Visual Arts
Arts Umbrella, Vancouver www.artsumbrella.com
Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, Surrey www.bardonthebeach.org/youngshakespearean-workshops
Bricks 4 Kidz, Delta www.bricks4kidz.com/canadabritishcolumbia-surrey/
Camp Monarch, North Vancouver www.campmonarch.ca
Circus West www.circuswest.com
Dance Matrix, New Westminster www.thedancematrix.webs.com
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca
Gateway Academy for Performing Arts, Richmond www.gatewaytheatre.com
H.O.W. Music and Arts Academy, North Vancouver www.howmusic.ca
Leigh Square Community Arts Village, Coquitlam www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare
North Vancouver Community Arts Council www.nvartscouncil.ca
Origami Rhythmics www.origamirhythmics.ca
Pacific Dance Arts, Vancouver www.pacificdancearts.ca
Place des Arts, Coquitlam www.placedesarts.ca
School of Groove, Vancouver www.schoolofgroovevancouver.com
Staccato, Burnaby www.staccatostudios.com
Stream of Dreams Murals Society www.streamofdreams.org
The Arts Centre, Port Moody www.pomoarts.ca
The Drama Class, Surrey www.thedramaclass.com
Tom Lee Music Multiple locations www.tomleemusic.ca
Tri-City School of Music www.tricityschoolofmusic.com
UBC Word Wrestlers Vancouver www.wordwrestlers.com
Day CampsScience | Technology | Education
Chess2Inspire Association www.chess2inspire.org
Digital Media Academy Vancouver www.digitalmediaacademy.org
Daedalos Enrichment Programs, Vancouver www.daedalosacademy.com
EcoDairy, Abbotsford www.ecodairy.ca/camps/
Finnegan Summer, Vancouver www.vc.bc.ca/academics/finnegansummer
Fraser Academy, Vancouver www.fraseracademy.ca
GEERing Up! Vancouver www.geeringup.apsc.ubc.ca
Genome Geneskool Camp, Vancouver www.genomebc.ca
High Touch Science Made Fun Vancouver, Victoria www.sciencemadefunbc.net
Langara College Camp, Vancouver www.langara.ca
Pear Tree, Vancouver www.pear-tree.ca
Place des Arts www.placedesarts.ca
Science World, Vancouver www.scienceworld.ca/summercamp
SFU Camps, Burnaby www.sfu.ca/camps
Spirit of Math, Richmond www.spiritofmath.com/richmond
Stem2Space www.stem2space.com
Summer at Southridge Day Camps, Surrey www.southridgesummer.ca
The Centre for Digital Media, Vancouver www.thecdm.ca
UBC Creative Writing Camp www.camps.ubc.ca/summer-camps/ creative-writing/
UBC Phenomenal Physics Summer Camps, Vancouver www.ubccamps.ca
UME Academy www.ume.academy
Under the GUI www.underthegui.com
Young Entrepreneur Learning Labs www.yelearninglabs.com
Family Resource Listings
Day CampsSports
Cliffhanger Climbing www.cliffhangerclimbing.com
Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak North Vancouver www.deepcovekayak.com
Dojang, Vancouver www.dojang.ca
Dragon Zone Paddling Club, Vancouver www.dragonzone.ca/paddle/youth
Endless Biking, North Vancouver www.endlessbiking.com
Flicka Gymnastics, North Vancouver www.flickagymclub.com
First Steps Archery, New Westminster www.boormanarchery.com
Gord Haukas Tennis Camp, Vancouver www.gordhaukastennis.com
Jericho Sailing Centre, Vancouver www.macsailing.com
Jump Gymnastics, Vancouver www.jumpgymnastics.ca
My Gym Children’s Centre, Maple Ridge www.mygym.com/langley/camp
North Shore Equestrian Centre www.wecreateriders.com
Phoenix Gymnastics, Vancouver www.phoenixgymnastics.com
Pony Pals Riding Stables, Delta www.ponypals.ca
Richmond Aquatics www.richmond.ca
Roman Tulis Soccer School, Coquitlam www.romantulis.ca
Royal Soccer Club Multiple locations www.royalsoccer.com
SFU Camps, Burnaby www.sfu.ca/camps.html
Ultimate Soccer School, Burnaby www.ultimatesoccerschool.com
Vancouver All Stars Summer Baseball Camp www.vancouverallstars.ca
Vancouver All Star Cheer
Delta, Coquitlam www.vancouverallstarcheer.com
Vancouver Hockey School www.vancouverhockeyschool.com
West Van Soccer www.westvansoccer.com
Windsure Adventure Watersports, Vancouver www.windsure.com
Day CampsLeadership | Growth
Broadleap, Vancouver www.broadleap.org/kic
Debate Camp, Vancouver www.debatecamp.org
YMCA Youth Leadership Multiple locations www.vanymca.org
SLEEPAWAY CAMPS
Sleepaway CampsSpecialized
Aspengrove Equestrian Academy, Vernon www.aspengrovebc.com
BC Family French Camp Salmon Arm, Chetwynd, Nanaimo www.bcffc.com
Camp Goodtimes Vancouver & Maple Ridge www.campgoodtimes.org
Easter Seal Camps Shawnigan, Winfield, Squamish www.eastersealscamps.ca
Educating Towards Change Society, Denman Island Www.etcsociety.ca
Eureka Camp Society Gibsons & Lone Butte www.eurekacamp.ca
SLS Summer Rugby Academy Shawnigan Lake www.shawnigan.ca/rugbyacademy
Tamwood Camp Whistler & Vancouver www.tamwood.com
The YES, Cowichan Lake www.theyes.ca
Venture Academy Summer Program, Kelowna www.ventureacademy.ca
Zajac Ranch, Mission www.zajacranch.com
Sleepaway CampsOutdoor Adventure
Camp Grafton Shuswap Lake www.campgrafton.ca
Camp Jubilee Indian Arm, Mt Seymour www.campjubilee.ca
Camp Potlatch - Boys and Girls Club, Howe Sound www.bgccan.com
Camp Pringle, Shawnigan Lake www.camppringle.com
Camp Squeah Fraser Canyon www.squeah.com
Camp Summit Squamish www.campsummit.ca
Camp Thunderbird – YMCA Sooke www.victoriay.com/campthunderbird
Evans Lake Summer Camp Squamish www.evanslake.com
Fireside Adventures Multiple locations, BC www.firesideadventures.ca
Island Escapades Salt Spring Island www.islandescapades.com
Latona Gambier Island www.camplatona.com
Family Resource Listings
Sasamat Port Moody www.sasamat.org
Strathcona WYLD Camp Strathcona Provincial Park www.strathcona.bc.ca
YMCA Camps Gibsons & Kamloops www.vanymca.org/camps
Treeline Summer Camps Whistler www.treelinecamps.com
Webbs Holiday Acres Aldergrove www.webbsholidayacres.ca
Sleepaway CampsReligious/Spiritual
Camp Artaban Gambier Island www.campartaban.com
Camp Bow-Isle Bowen Island www.bowisle.com
Camp Douglas Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast www.campdouglas.ca
Camp Fircom Gambier Island www.fircom.ca
Camp Firwood Bellingham, WA www.campfirwood.org
Camp Hatikvah Lake Country www.camphatikvah.com
Camp Homewood Quadra Island www.camphomewood.com
Camp Imadene, Vancouver Island www.imadene.com
Camp Luther, Mission www.campluther.ca
Camp Mackenzie, Mabel Lake www.mackenziecamp.ca
Camp Miriam, Gabriola Island www.campmiriam.org
Camp Owaissi, Kelowna www.campoac.com
Camp Qwanoes, Crofton www.qwanoes.ca
Camp Tulahead, Princeton www.camptulahead.com
Gardom Lake Bible Camp & Retreat Centre Enderby www.gardomlake.ca
Green Bay Bible Camp West Kelowna www.greenbay.bc.ca
Kawkawa Camp, Hope www.kawkawa.com
Keats Camps, Keats Island www.keatscamps.com
Loft Country, Langley www.loftcountry.ca
Pioneer Pacific Inter-Varsity Camps
Thetis Island www.pioneerpacific.ca
Salvation Army Camp Sunrise Gibsons www.campsunrise.ca
Stillwood Camp Lindell Beach www.stillwood.ca
Sunnybrae Bible Camp Shuswap Lake www.sunnybrae.ca
Timberline Ranch
Maple Ridge www.timberlineranch.com
Sleepaway CampsArts | Technology | Education
Camp Narnia, Nanoose Bay www.campnarnia.blogspot.ca
Comox Valley Youth Music Centre Courtenay www.cymc.ca
Debate Camp Canada, Victoria www.debatecamp.org
Digital Media Academy UBC Campus www.digitalmediaacademy.org
Film & Television School Galiano Island www.giftsfilms.com
Guitar Workshop Plus Vancouver www.guitarworkshopplus.com
BABY GUIDE
Baby Guide –Breastfeeding Support
BC Lactation Consultant Association www.bclca.ca
BC Women’s Hospital Breastfeeding Clinic www.bcwomens.ca
Breastfeeding Online www.breastfeedingonline.com
Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd www.bflrc.com
La Leche League Canada www.lllc.ca
Vancouver Breastfeeding Centre www.breastfeedingclinic.com
Baby Guide –Resources | Support
Adoptive Families Association of BC www.bcadoption.com
Association of Neighbourhood Houses BC www.anhbc.org
Baby Go Round www.babygoround.ca
BC Association of Family Resource Programs www.frpbc.ca
BC Council for Families www.bccf.ca
For more listings, go to www.westcoastfamilies.com
BC Housing www.bchousing.org
Burnaby Neighbourhood House www.sbnh.ca
Canadian Paediatric Society www.caringforkids.cps.ca
Collingwood Neighbourhood House www.cnh.bc.ca
Community Centres Check your local municipality website
Communitas Supportive Care Society www.communitascare.com
Family Services of Greater Vancouver www.fsgv.ca
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House www.froghollow.bc.ca
Fussy Baby www.thefussybabysite.com
Langley Children www.langleychildren.com
Maxxine Wright Early Care and Learning Centre www.atira.bc.ca
Olive Fertility Clinic www.olivefertility.com
posAbilities www.posabilities.ca
Provincial Government Education and Family Programs www.familiesfirstbc.ca
Steps BC www.stepsbc.com
Surrey Early Childhood www.surreyearlychildhood.ca
Baby Guide –Diaper Services | Supplies
Baby Footprint www.thebabyfootprint.com
Family Resource Listings
Baby On The Way www.babyontheway.ca
Bumbini Cloth Diaper Company www.bumbini.ca
bumGenius www.bumgenius.com
Cozy Bums Diapers www.cozybums.ca
Gorgeous Baby Modern & Organic Cloth Diapers www.gorgeousbaby.ca
Green Bum Bum Cloth Diapers www.greenbumbum.com
Happy Baby Cheeks www.happybabycheeks.ca
Happy Nappy www.happynappy.ca
KaWaii Baby Diapers www.theluvyourbaby.com
Saucy Bottoms www.saucybottoms.ca
Tender Tushies www.tendertushies.ca
Baby Guide –Midwife | Doula Services
Abbotsford Doula Group www.abbotsforddoula.com
All About Birth Boutique www.allaboutbirthboutique.ca
BC Women’s Hospital Pregnancy Birth & Newborns Clinic www.bcwomens.ca
Childbearing Society www.childbearing.org
Department of Midwifery, BC Women’s Hospital www.midwivesinvancouver.ca
DONA International Doula Association www.dona.org
Doula Services Association of BC www.bcdoulas.org
Mother Me www.motherme.ca
Midwifery Associates www.midwiferyassociates.ca
Midwifery Care North Shore www.midwiferycare.ca
Midwives Association of BC www.bcmidwives.com
The Midwifery Group www.midwiferygroup.ca
Vancouver Doula Collective www.vancouverdoulacollective.org
Baby GuideFitness
Bare Fit and Pregnant www.barefitandpregnant.com
Bodies by London www.bodiesbylondon.ca
Fit 4 Two www.fit4two.ca
Inhabit Training Academy (Ugi) www.inhabitacademy.wordpress.com
Mommies In Motion www.mommiesinmotion.ca
Mommy Fit www.mommyfit.ca
Mommy Moves www.mommymoves.ca
Yoga Buttons www.yogabuttons.com
Baby Guide –Gear | Clothing
Active Baby www.activebaby.ca
Beansprouts www.beansprouts.ca
Bois Bites www.boisbites.com
Crocodile Baby www.crocodilebaby.com
Dandelion Kids www.dandelionkids.ca
Dri-Pad www.dri-line.com
Frog Hollow Children’s Boutique www.froghollow.bc.ca
Hip Baby www.hipbaby.com
Lusso Baby www.lussobaby.ca
Medela www.medela.ca/breastfeeding
Mia’s Moccs www.miasmoccs.com
Next Generation Distributors www.nextgendistributors.com
Once Upon a Child: Kids’ Resale www.onceuponachildlangley.com
Oyaco Products www.oyaco.com
Room for 2 www.roomfor2.ca
Snuggle Bugz www.snugglebugz.ca
Sweet Charlie www.shopsweetcharlie.com
Yemaya www.yemaya.ca
Baby Guide –Maternity Clothing | Equipment
Hazel & Jools www.hazelhipmoms.com
Bellies in Bloom www.belliesinbloommaternity.com
Flirty Maternity Maple Ridge www.flirtymaternity.com
Motherhood Maternity www.motherhoodcanada.ca
Noppies Maternity www.noppies.com
For more listings, go to www.westcoastfamilies.com
Purl Mama & Baby www.purlmama.com
Room for 2 Maternity & Baby www.roomfor2.ca
Thyme Maternity www.thymematernity.com
With Child www.withchild.ca
Baby Guide –Prenatal Education
Adar Birth Services www.adarbirthservices.com
Belly to Baby www.bellytobaby.ca
Birthing from Within www.birthingfromwithin.com
Dancing Star Birth www.dancingstarbirth.ca
Healthiest Babies Possible www.vch.ca/locations-and-services/ find-health-services/
Lamaze International www.lamaze.org
Lower Mainland Childbearing Society www.childbearing.org
Parenting for Connection www.parentingforconnection.com
The Birth Place www.thebirthplace.ca
Baby Guide –Safety
Babysafe – St. John Ambulance www.sja.ca
Baby Secure www.babysecure.ca
BCAA: Infant/Child Care Seat Information Line www.bcaa.com 1-877-247-5551
Safety Station at BC Children’s Hospital www.bcchildrens.ca/safetystation
Family Resource Listings
Safety Superstore www.safetysuperstore.ca
SLEEP CONSULTING
Sleeping Child www.thesleepingchild.com
A Kiss Goodnight www.akissgoodnight.ca
Cheeky Chops www.cheekychops.ca
Helen Sands www.helensands.com
HushaBaby www.hushababy.com
Little Dreamers Consulting www.littledreamersconsulting.com
Sleep Dreams www.sleepdreams.ca
Sleep Stars Consulting www.sleepstars.ca
Sleepy Miracles www.sleepymiracles.com
HEALTH | MEDICAL | NUTRITION
AARM Dental www.aarm-dental.com
Bonn Chiropractic www.cocochiro.com
Chi School www.chischool.ca
Dial-A-Dietician www.dialadietitian.org
Forte Whole Foods www.fortewholefoods.ca
Fraser Health - Resource www.fraserhealth.ca
Halykoo Health Solutions www.halykoo.ca
Healthy Canadians - Online Resource www.healthycanadians.gc.ca
HealthLinkBC – Health information by phone or web www.healthlinkbc.ca
Infant Circumcision and Vasectomy www.circumcisionvancouver.com
Kids Physio www.kidsphysio.ca
Kits Family Dental - Dr. Robin Mak www.kitsfamilydental.com
Leap Clinic www.leapclinic.ca
Logan Creek Counselling and Consulting www.logancreek.ca
Nourished with Alyssa Bauman, Health Consulting www.nourished.ca
Olive Fertility Clinic www.olivefertility.com
Pacific West Dental www.pacificwestdental.com
Parenting for Connection www.parentingforconnection.com
Peace Arch Maternity Clinic www.peacearchmaternityclinic.ca
Pediatric Dental Group PDG www.pdgdental.com
Pollock Clinics www.pollockclinics.com
Smiletown Dentistry www.smiletowndentistry.com
South Community Birth Program www.scbp.ca
Steps BC www.stepsbc.com
Tot 2 Teen Dental www.tot2teendental.com
UC Baby Ultrasound www.ucbaby.ca
Vancouver Coastal Health Resource www.vch.ca/your-health/women/ new-mother-and-baby-care/
Vancouver Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor – Dr. Sabrina Chen-See www.familywellnesschiro.ca
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY
Brandi Mollica Photography www.brandimollicaphotography.com
Jenn Di Spirito www.jenndispirito.com
Nadine Inkster Photography www.nadineinksterphotography.com
Eclipse Photography www.eclipsephotography.ca
Allyson Mato www.allyfotografy.com
Community Photography www.communityphotography.net
KIDS CLOTHING | GEAR
Buttercups Children’s Boutique, Ladner www.buttercups.ca
Hip Baby, Vancouver www.hipbaby.ca
Mabel’s Labels www.mabelslabels.com
Kids Market, Granville Island www.kidsmarket.ca
Runners Bike –You In Focus Products www.runners-bike.com
Tsawwassen Mills Shopping www.tsawwassenmills.ca
Urban Source www.chrous
FAMILY TRAVEL | ADVENTURE
Air Canada Vacations vacations.aircanada.com
Air Transat www.airtransat.com
BC Ferries www.bcferries.com
Blue Vista Resort www.bluevistaresort.com
Black Rock Oceanfront Resort www.blackrockresort.com
Britannia Mine Museum www.britanniaminemuseum.ca
Globus www.globusjourneys.ca
Family Resource Listings
Harrison Hot Springs www.tourismharrison.com
Kid Approved www.kidapprovedbc.com
Imagine Children’s Museum www.imaginecm.org
KidsWorld www.kidsworldprogram.com
London Drugs Insurance www.ldinsurance.ca
Mayne Island www.mayneisland.com
Norwegian Cruise Lines www.ncl.com
Pacific National Exhibition www.pne.ca
Parliamentary Education Office www.leg.bc.ca
Royal BC Museum www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines www.royalcaribbean.com
Sea to Sky Gondola www.seatoskygondola.com
Summerland Waterfront Resort & Spa www.summerlandresorthotel.com
Travel Best Bets www.travelbestbets.com
West Coast Railway Association, Squamish www.wcra.org
WestJet www.WestJet.ca
COOL FIELD TRIPS
Abbotsford Bloom Tulip Festival www.abbotsfordtulipfestival.ca
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art www.billreidgallery.ca
Burnaby Village Museum www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca
Burns Bog Conservation Society www.burnsbogeducation.weebly.com
Cheakamus Centre www.cheakamuscentre.ca
Circus West www.circuswest.com
EcoDairy, Abbotsford www.ecodairy.ca/camps/
Fort Langley National Historic Site www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/bc/langley
Gulf of Georgia Cannery www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org
Kid Approved Destinations www.kidapprovedbc.com
Kidtropolis www.kidtropolis.ca
Jump Gymnastics www.jumpgymnastics.ca
Langley Centennial Museum www.museum.tol.ca
Phoenix Gymnastics www.phoenixgymnastics.com
Place des Arts www.placedesarts.ca
Royal BC Museum www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Sea to Sky Gondola www.seatoskygondola.com
Vancouver Maritime Museum www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
Vancouver Lookout www.vancouverlookout.com
PARTIES
Parties –
Venues
4 Cats Art www.4cats.com
6 Pack Indoor Beach www.6packbeach.com
Appleseed Children’s Playhouse www.playatappleseed.com
Castle Fun Park www.castlefunpark.com
Circus West www.circuswest.com
Gulf of Georgia Cannery www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org
Jump Gymnastics www.jumpgymnastics.ca
Little Planet Kids Cafe www.lpkc.ca
Studio 202 www.studio202community.com
Tumbletown www.tumbletown.ca
Vancouver Phoenix Gymnastics www.phoenixgymnastics.com
Watermania www.richmond.ca/watermania
Parties –Entertainment
Living Magic www.livingmagicentertainment.com
Party Arts www.partyarts.ca
SITES
Equal Exchange www.equalexchange.coop
Henderson Heinrichs Law Firm www.hhlaw.ca
Make-A-Wish BC | Yukon – Kids for Wish Kids www.makeawishbc.ca/kfwk
Mortgage Professionals Canada www.mortgageproscan.ca
Toyota Canada www.toyota.ca
Wesbrook Village www.discoverwesbrook.com
