Getting Recognized

If your community has already completed basic steps towards becoming age-friendly, your Indigenous or local government can apply to have your community officially recognized as an Age-friendly British Columbia (AFBC) community.

The following steps are required to apply for Age-friendly BC community recognition:

• Establish an age-friendly committee or group
• Pass a local council, district board or band council resolution       
• Conduct an age-friendly assessment
• Develop and publish an action plan

AFBC Recognition Program

The AFBC Recognition Program is designed to recognize success, and encourage and motivate communities to take action towards becoming age-friendly.

Since 2012, 62 communities have received Age-friendly BC community recognition.

• Age-friendly BC Community Recognition Summary by Year (PDF, 126.5KB)

By becoming a recognized AFBC community, your community will receive the following benefits:

• Age-friendly BC recognition digital seal for website and promotional use
• Promotion of your community’s achievements in the BC Healthy Communities Society website and e-newsletter
• Automatic eligibility to receive official Pan-Canadian AFC Recognition, endorsed by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the World Health Organization

For information on how to become a recognized AFBC community, see:

• Becoming an Age-friendly Community: Local Government Guide, Section 3.0 (PDF, 4.9MB)

The Age-friendly BC Program strives for inclusion of all Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. The Ministry of Health welcomes the opportunity to discuss an application process for Age-friendly BC recognition that reflects the practices and ways of knowing within a given community.

To apply for recognition go to the:

• AFBC Recognition Application Form (DOCX, 747KB)

For more information on Age-friendly BC or the recognition program, please contact the Ministry of Health's Healthy Living and Health Promotion team by:

• Email: AgefriendlyBC@gov.bc.ca
• Phone: 778-698-7375