Y names community leader in top job to further health and wellbeing of British Columbians

YMCA Canada Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 18, 2021, Coquitlam, BC — Completion of the new Coquitlam YMCA is only one-year out. The name for the centre, recognizing the contributions of a community educator with ties to the Burquitlam area, will be announced at a One Year Out event at the construction site on

Over the past several months the YMCA has been working towards the fall re-opening of YMCA Camp Elphinstone. At the same time, we have continued to monitor the evolving pandemic and how it is impacting our communities.

Plans for a Surrey City Centre YMCA will not proceed, the result of escalating construction costs. The project, a development partnership between the YMCA of Greater Vancouver and Simon Fraser University, with support from the City of Surrey, was to include a YMCA-SFU facility and high-density residential housing on the university’s Surrey property.