Courtenay, British Columbia

Courtenay is the urban centre of the Comox Valley on the east coast of central Vancouver Island, in the traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation. The City runs City Hall at 830 Cliffe Avenue, property taxes and quarterly metered water bills, curbside garbage, recycling and organics carts, the water distribution and sewer mains, roads, snow and ice control, parks and trails, Courtenay Recreation (the Lewis Centre, Florence Filberg Centre, outdoor pool and LINC Youth Centre), the Courtenay Fire Department, dog licences, bylaw enforcement, building permits, business licences and the Courtenay Civic Cemetery. The Comox Valley Regional District supplies the treated drinking water and sets watering restrictions, runs the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Centre, the Comox Strathcona Waste Management landfill and depots, the Comox Valley Transit System with BC Transit, the Comox Valley Emergency Program and its Connect Rocket alerts, and the regional aquatic and sports centres. Policing is the Comox Valley RCMP, the library is the Vancouver Island Regional Library, health care is Island Health, schools are Comox Valley Schools (School District 71), and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.