Our Vision:  To build and operate a well respected, not-for-profit independent living facility for seniors within the Bowser community.

Our Mission: To provide seniors with comfortable, independent living spaces at low to moderate rents, while maintaining their sense of community near friends and family.

Our Objective: To enable Bowser and area seniors to remain in their community, continue to contribute in and to their community and enjoy their community long after they reach the point when they need to move from their home.

The Bowser Seniors Housing Society (Society) is a registered charitable organization located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia between Qualicum Beach and the Comox Valley.

The Society is committed to providing affordable independent housing for seniors within their own community, close to family and friends.  We began this journey in 2005, started fundraising in 2013, and were promised provincial funding in 2018.  Since then, we have been steering the building project through a multitude of government channels.  Securing the Crown land with a financeable lease has been our greatest challenge. . .but we remain optimistic that we are close to breaking ground.

Lighthouse Villa (Villa) will be located in the Bowser Village core behind Magnolia Court, close to shops, cafe, library, bank, trails and transportation.  It will contain 22 private units furnished with the seniors’ own possessions, as well as common areas to encourage companionship and social activities. The residents are responsible for their own meals, housekeeping, personal laundry, and utilities (hydro, cable, phone).

The Villa will be one storey in height; hold 20 one-bedroom and 2 two-bedroom units, all of differing sizes; and provide surface parking stalls for residents.  Each residential unit will be fully self-sufficient with bathroom, kitchen, bedroom(s), living area, and limited storage.  Amenity spaces for gatherings, crafts, games, and a coin-operated laundry for residents are included in the building plan.

We have partnered with BC Housing on this subsidized affordable housing project, where resident eligibility is determined through income level and assets held.  Our 22 rental units will be comprised of 4 units at shelter rate, 11 at rent-geared-to-income, and 7 at a federally determined market rate.

 Help our Society help our growing seniors population by donating today.