Official Community Plan Update - Bowen Island Municipality

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View the Official Community Plan Steering Committee meeting agendas and minutes from the OCPSC Webpage.

Round 1 of Community Engagement is complete.
(Round 2 will begin Spring 2026).

Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey. Your feedback will be used to develop a plan that truly reflects what is important to us as a community. (As of June 2025, the Round One Survey is closed, but it is provided here for your information).

What We Heard Report

McElhanney consultants prepared a report of Round One Engagement Findings.

Next Steps

A draft of the OCP Update has been written! Council will review it at its open meeting on May 11th. Round Two of community engagement will follow that, The chart below has been adjusted since publishing, but gives one a sense of the process.

OCP Update ProjectTimeline

We are currently in Phase 3 of the Official Community Plan update process.

What is an OCP Update?

An Official Community Plan, often known as an OCP, is a local government’s overarching guiding document.

The current OCP was adopted in 2011, through Bylaw No. 282, 2010. It was conducted as an update to the 1996 OCP and as they are typically updated every 10 years or so as communities change, we are due for an update!

Mayor & Council appointed the OCP Steering Committee to guide the OCP Review, with their initial meeting taking place in April 2024. Based on the Committee’s recommendation, Mayor & Council hired McElhanney as the consultant team leading the review.