Port Alberni, British Columbia

Port Alberni sits at the head of the Alberni Inlet in the centre of Vancouver Island, on the traditional territories of the Hupacasath and Tseshaht First Nations, and is the largest city and service hub of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The City runs City Hall at 4850 Argyle Street, property taxes and metered water and sewer bills, its own drinking water system from China Creek and Bainbridge Lake, the sanitary sewer and treatment lagoons, roads and snow clearing, automated curbside collection of organics, recycling and garbage, Echo Centre, the Echo Aquatic Centre, the Alberni Valley Multiplex and the Alberni Valley Museum, parks and trails, the Greenwood Cemetery, Clutesi Haven Marina, dog licences and bylaw services from the Public Safety Building, building permits and business licences, and the Port Alberni Fire Department. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District runs the recycling program and depots, the Alberni Valley Regional Landfill, the Alberni Valley Emergency Program, the regional airport and the transit system with BC Transit; the Port Alberni RCMP detachment polices the city; Coastal Animal Control Services handles animal control under contract; the library is the Vancouver Island Regional Library; health care is Island Health; schools are School District 70 Pacific Rim; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.