Local Government Enrollment is for Municipalities and Regional Districts. Enrolling with the BCRPA enables local governments to extend free and unlimited Individual Government memberships to their recreation, parks, and culture employees and retirees; members of municipal councils, sub-committees, and governing boards; and long-term senior leadership level volunteers.
Benefits
Membership enables active participation within an association with more than 4,700 professionals throughout the province who collectively are helping improve the overall health and sustainability of our province.
Providing your employees with a free BCRPA membership will connect them to their counterparts across BC, educating and informing them while expanding their professional networks. The BCRPA’s annual conferences and events give direct access to innovative technologies and ideas, industry knowledge, and interaction with sector practitioners to help continue their professional development; all at discounted member rates.
Fees
The population-based enrollment fee is adapted from the model used by UBCM and follows their same tiered structure.
Recreation, parks, and culture employees and retirees; members of municipal councils, sub-committees, and governing boards; long-term senior leadership level volunteers of a BCRPA enrolled local government are eligible to receive free Individual Government memberships. Individual application is required.
Benefits
With a BCRPA membership you will be an active part of an association with more than 4,700 professionals throughout the province who collectively are helping improve the overall health and sustainability of our province.
BCRPA membership will connect you to your counterparts across BC, educating and informing you while expanding your professional networks. The BCRPA’s annual conferences and events give direct access to innovative technologies and ideas, industry knowledge, and interaction with sector practitioners to help continue their professional development; all at discounted member rates.
Becoming an Individual Government Member
Individual Government memberships are assigned based on one’s employment relationship with a currently enrolled local government. If you have an account on this website, and the municipality or regional district that you work for is currently enrolled with BCRPA, you will automatically be assigned membership status. If you are a retiree, please follow the process described in New memberships, below.
Renewals: Memberships are automatically renewed once a municipality or regional district has renewed their enrollment with BCRPA. There is nothing you need to do.
New memberships: If you haven’t already, create an account here. In the Info section of your account, ensure you have entered the name of your municipality or regional district in the ‘Company’ field.
Note, start by entering the ‘root’ name of your community (ie: Vancouver, Langley, Okanagan; not ‘city of…’ or ‘township of…’). As you type you will be presented with related options to choose from. Save your information.
If your community is currently enrolled, your membership status will be automatically applied with the membership expiration date noted under your name. If this expiry date is not displayed it means your employer is not currently enrolled with BCRPA, or you may have entered an incorrect 'Company' name.
Please contact us if you would like to take out a *new* Local Government enrollment for your community, or if you have any questions about your membership status.
For practitioners working in the physical activity, recreation, parks and culture sector, however their employer is not a currently enrolled Local Government or an Affiliate Member.
Benefits
With a BCRPA membership you will be an active part of an association with more than 4,700 professionals throughout the province who collectively are helping to improve the overall health and sustainability of our province.
BCRPA membership will connect you to your counterparts across BC, educating and informing you while expanding your professional networks. The BCRPA’s annual conferences and events give direct access to innovative technologies and ideas, industry knowledge, and interaction with sector practitioners to help continue their professional development; all at discounted member rates.
Fee
$300.25 per year
Please contact us if you would like to take out a *new* Individual Independent membership.
A private-sector corporation or commercial organization with a constructive interest in furthering the objectives of the Association. Corporate memberships includes two voting members.
Benefits
Our membership consists of more than 4,700 professionals in positions ranging from local government elected officials, parks and recreation directors and senior administrators, to managers, programmers, fitness leaders and volunteers. Collectively, they are responsible for over $11 billion worth of infrastructure and purchasing across the province.
You will have access to your key target audiences in the recreation, parks and culture industry, with the ability to interact with them through conference attendance and exhibition opportunities, all at discounted rates.
Membership also gives you a voice in support of the recreation, parks and culture sector.
Membership includes:
- Voting privileges*
- Discounted registration fees to some BCRPA events*
- BCRPA electronic Communiques (18 per year)*
- Access to resources on the member-only section of the BCRPA website*
- Discounted exhibitor booth fee at all BCRPA events
- Company logo on BCRPA website
- Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available. Please contact partnerships@bcrpa.bc.ca for more information.
*available to the two registered corporate members only
Fee
$498.50 per year
Not-for-profit organizations and educational institutions with connections to the recreation, parks, and culture sector are welcome to take out an Affiliate Membership. Affiliate Membership includes one Individual Affiliate member.
Staff, volunteers and retirees of a current Affiliate member organization are eligible to purchase additional Individual Affiliate memberships.
Benefits
An Affiliate membership will provide you with a direct connection to practitioners and their activities and initiatives – giving you an opportunity to make valuable contacts and support the growth and development of the sector.
Membership with the BCRPA is a tool that will help you keep up to date on the continuously-evolving parks and recreation environment and all the funding and partnership opportunities it provides. The BCRPA’s annual conferences and events give you direct access to innovative technologies and ideas, industry knowledge, and interaction with sector practitioners to help you continue your professional development and connections; all at discounted member rates.
Membership also enables you to actively participate in the development of our province’s recreation and parks sector.
- Employees and volunteers of registered Affiliate Member will be eligible to purchase an Individual Affiliate Membership at a discounted rate of $73
- Transferable membership for primary member (one time only)
Fee
$347.25 per year
Please contact us if you would like to take out a *new* Affiliate membership for your organization.
Staff, volunteers and retirees of a current affiliate member are eligible to purchase an Individual Affiliate membership for a discounted rate of $73.
Benefits
With a BCRPA membership you will be an active part of an association with more than 4,700 professionals throughout the province who collectively are helping to improve the overall health and sustainability of our province.
BCRPA membership will connect you to your counterparts across BC, educating and informing you while expanding your professional networks. The BCRPA’s annual conferences and events give direct access to innovative technologies and ideas, industry knowledge, and interaction with sector practitioners to help continue their professional development; all at discounted member rates.
Becoming an Individual Affiliate Member
Please contact us if you would like to take out a *new* Affiliate membership for your organization.
Fee
$73 per year
First year membership is complimentary to students enrolled full-time in a recreation/parks related degree, diploma or certificate program offered by a post-secondary institute who is a current BCRPA Affiliate member. Students must not be employed full-time in a recreation/parks/culture related field.
The price to renew a student membership after the first complimentary year is $67.50 per year. (Note: all student membership applications will be reviewed by the BCRPA prior to processing.)
Benefits
BCRPA membership helps you stay informed and educated in the continuously-evolving recreation and parks sector, while expanding your professional network even before you graduate and enter the workforce.
As a member, you’ll be demonstrating to potential employers your commitment, interest and involvement to your field of study.
Membership includes:
- Voting privileges (not applicable for first year complimentary memberships)
- Discounted registration fees to BCRPA events
- BCRPA electronic Communiques (18 per year)
- Access to resources on the member-only section of the BCRPA website
Fee
$67.50 (first year complimentary)
Please complete the online form if you are interested in taking out a *new* Student membership.