q̓ic̓əy̓ | Katzie First Nation
Community Profile
- The Katzie First Nation is located in Southwestern British Columbia in Metro Vancouver. Its traditional territory includes the following British Columbia cities: Langley, Mission, Surrey, New Westminster, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby, Richmond, and Vancouver.
- Last Updated 2025-04-26 06:27:27 UTC
- Name: Katzie (ISC Code: 563)
- Former Names: Katzie Band, Katzie Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Coast Salish
- Indigenous Language: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
- Number of Registered Members: 661
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Custom Electoral System
- TERM EXPIRES: 03/31/2026
- CHIEF: GRACE GEORGE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- GRACE GEORGE
- RICK BAILEY
- LISA MARIE ADAMS
- DAVID KENWORTHY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.katzie.ca/
- PHONE NUMBER: (604) 465-8961
- FAX NUMBER: (604) 465-5949
- ADDRESS: 10946 KATZIE ROAD, PITT MEADOWS, BC
- EMAILS: officeadmin@katzie.ca
- Chief GRACE GEORGE: Grace@katzie.ca
- Councillor RICK BAILEY: Rick@katzie.ca
- Councillor LISA MARIE ADAMS: Lisa@katzie.ca
- Councillor DAVID KENWORTHY: David@katzie.ca
- Finance : officeadmin@katzie.ca
- Human & Social Services Peggy : peggy@katzie.ca
- Katzie Early Years Centre Torrie : torrie@katzie.ca
- Media Contact Stephen Bruyneel: bruyneel@telus.net
- School Contact : katzie@surreyschools.ca
- Territorial Guardianship and Referrals : landopsreferrals@katzie.ca
- General Band Office: officeadmin@katzie.ca
- Media Contact: bruyneel@telus.net
- Referrals Contact: landopsreferrals@katzie.ca.
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Katzie20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Katzie20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Katzie20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Katzie20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Katzie20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Katzie20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Katzie20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Katzie20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Katzie20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Katzie20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Katzie20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Katzie20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
- Canada-Katzie Treaty Framework Agreement (2000)
- Canada-Katzie: Directive: Ammendments to a First Nation's Map of its Traditional Territory
- BC-Katzie Forest and Range Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (2017)
- BC-Katzie Forest and Range Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (2005))
- BC-Katzie Forest and Range Consultation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (2020))
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 8028
GRAVEYARD 5
0.4 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN TP.9, E.C.M. N.W. CORNER OF LOT 279, G.1, 1 MILE NORTH OF PORT HAMMOND
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 8024
KATZIE 1
43.1 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN SECTION 10. TP. 9,E.C.M. ON RIGHT BANK OF THE FRASER RIVER, 1 MILE WEST OF PORT HAMMOND
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 8025
KATZIE 2
23.1 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DIST. IN SECTION 11, TP.9,E.C.M. ON LEFT BANK OF THE FRAZER RIVER, OPPOSITE PORT HAMMOND
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 8026
BARNSTON ISLAND 3
54.6 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DIST. IN SEC. 4, TP. 9, E.C.M. ON SOUTH SHORE OF BARNSTON ISLAND ON PARSONS CHNL FRASER RIVER
[49.2057179, -122.910956] -
ISC Code: 8027
PITT LAKE 4
214.0 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT, IN SECS. 3&4, TP.5, W.7M, AT SOUTH END OF PITT LAKE, AT OUTLET INTO PITT RIVER
[49.2057179, -122.910956]
- Katzie First Nation’s traditional territory encompasses significant portions of the Lower Fraser River watershed
- Includes regions around Pitt Lake, Fraser River, and surrounding municipalities
- Historically used lands for fishing, hunting, and gathering
- Key geographic areas include Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and surrounding regions
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
- TMEP Written Evidence of the Katzie First Nation
- Letter: Transmountain Expansion Project in Katzie First Nation Territory [2023]
- C00280-1 Katzie First Nation - Form for Public Comment 2019 07 04 - A6V7J2 Add To Favourites Copy link to clipboard. [2019]
- A84343 Katzie First Nation - Katzie First Nation - Statement of Opposition [2017]
- C187-20 - Katzie First Nation - Final Argument (A75066) [2016]
- C187-19 - Katzie First Nation - Information Request No. 3 (A73630) [2015]
- C187-15-2 - Katzie Response to GoC IR July 14 2015 - A4R4E8 [2015]
- C187-15-2 - Katzie Response to GoC IR July 14 2015 - A4R4E8 [2015]
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
- Katzie Cultural Education Society
- Katzie Early Years Society
- Katzie First Nation Affordable Housing Development Society
- Katzie First Nation Bus Corporation Ltd.
- Katzie First Nation Housing Society
- Smuq'wa Development Corp.
- Katzie Master GP Ltd.
- Katzie Master Limited Partnership
- Katzie Development Corporation Ltd.
- Sacred Waters Developments
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Katzie First Nation v. Deputy Director of Waste Management
- KATZIE FIRST NATION v HMTQ OF BC
- KATZIE FIRST NATION v HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN THE RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT
- KATZIE FIRST NATION v [redacted]
- KATZIE FIRST NATION WHITFORD, Nicole v B.C. EVENT MAKERS LTD.
- EPP, Sheree v KATZIE FIRST NATION
- KATZIE FIRST NATION BUS CORPORATION LTD. EPP, Sheree v KATZIE FIRST NATION
Active Court Cases
- KATZIE FIRST NATION KATZIE FIRST NATION v HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN RIGHT OF PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF ENERGY, MINES AND LOW CARBON INNOVATION
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Katzie Christmas craft fair features Indigenous art
- 3 First Nations seek return of Crown land in Surrey, B.C.
- National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration to return to Cloverdale
- First Nations stake claim to 300 acres of Crown land in Surrey
- First Nations seek return of land used for popular South Surrey farm
- Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at Heritage Park
- Bringing Indigenous culture to the heart of SFU’s Surrey campus
- Big crowds for Truth and Reconciliation day in Maple Ridge
- Orange trees in Maple Ridge park for Truth and Reconciliation day
- COLUMN: O Canada, our home on stolen land
- Red Dress Day honoured by Katzie First Nation artist
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Maple Ridge
- Katzie artist's work greets visitors to medical offices in B.C.
- ALONG THE FRASER: Thinking of the Fraser River as family
- First Nations propose nearly 1,500 homes in four towers next to TransLink's Carvolth bus exchange in Langley
- Vision Zero: Katzie First Nation youth community safe cycling project
- Maple Ridge unveils new public art by First Nations artist
- Katzie First Nation orders Trans Mountain to stop work on their land
- PHOTOS: Maple Ridge celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Katzie artist speaking at global conference about growing up Indigenous in Canada
- New banners for Maple Ridge’s 150th anniversary
- Katzie First Nations suing BC Hydro, the province
- Katzie First Nation building new business park
- Katzie mark first ever National Truth and Reconciliation Day
- Katzie First Nation staying strong at first anniversary of pandemic
- VIDEO: Katzie elder enjoys teaching her nation’s culture and history
- Elder to speak about history and culture of the Katzie First Nation
- Indigenous Relations | City of Mission
- Katzie assert historic claim to former Hammond Cedar site in Maple Ridge
- Katzie First Nation sues B.C. Hydro, province over Alouette Dam
- Government support for Katzie First Nation project to revitalise Indigenous laws
- Katzie artist unveils murals on new Maple Ridge pump station
- Explorers search for gold north of Pitt Lake in new TV series about Slumach legend
- Event celebrates Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey
- ‘Surrey’ creating two Indigenous cultural hubs
- Communities band together to save the river that sustains them
- Katzie First Nation sues B.C. Hydro over impact to Alouette River salmon
- Katzie First Nation Chief reflects on first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Orange shirts for sale for in Maple Ridge for upcoming Truth and Reconciliation Day
- Local First Nations members not in favour of including South Surrey farmland into the ALR
- Indigenous art shines brightly at Coquitlam Public Library
- Katzie First Nation sisters say Kinder Morgan expansion would devastate traditional land
- Pitt Meadows parks signs to include First Nations language
- Fairview Elementary celebrates aboriginal culture
- People can now sleep at night on Katzie reserve in Pitt Meadows
- Housing help for B.C. native groups
- Katzie First Nation announces new treatment centre in Maple Ridge
- Historical artifact found in Maple Ridge returned to Katzie First Nation
- Better understanding the Katzie First Nation
- PHOTOS: Indigenous bands gather to celebrate Truth and Reconciliation Day in Maple Ridge
- Katzie First Nation explore millennia-old sea gardens in Pitt Meadows
- Katzie take safety matters into their own hands on reserve
- Murals at King George Station celebrate local Indigenous Nations
- TransLink marks National Indigenous Peoples Day on SkyTrain
- Pitt Meadows Katzie reserve now a gated community
- Take transit to these National Indigenous Peoples Day events and celebrations in your neighbourhood
- The healing journey of Orange Shirt Day to be honoured in Maple Ridge
- TransLink takes you to National Indigenous Peoples Day events
- Langley City to open meetings with statement about ‘unceded’ First Nations territory
- Katzie chief resigns early
- Using her voice in a good, grateful way
- 'Enough is enough': Katzie First Nation members feel safer after gate installation
- Surrey Schools celebrates Coast Salish culture and history on National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Three B.C. First Nations request return of land held by potato farm in Surrey
- Maple Ridge Museum marks National Indigenous History Month
- B.C. invests in 1,100 new homes for Indigenous residents
- New CEO for K'atlodeeche First Nation
- Restoration project gets water flowing in Pitt River watershed
- Konrad Beston: Be proud of who you are
- Indigenous welcome figure unveiled at another Surrey school
- Editorial: Maple Ridge part of day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Red dresses honour murdered and missing Indigenous women
- Three First Nations request return of 300-acre property in Surrey owned by the federal government
- Katzie First Nation orders Trans Mountain to stop work on their land
- SURREY EVENTS: Surrey Fest returns to Holland Park Saturday (June 18), & concerts, plays, more
- New child care centre ready at Katzie First Nation
- Métis Nation B.C. suggests Reconciliation Bridge as fitting name for Pattullo's replacement
- Katzie band posts council salaries online
- COLUMN: Surrey has far to go in its relationship with First Nations
- Maple Ridge to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
- Katzie report highlights 'devastating impacts' on Alouette River
- Art exhibit honours Truth and Reconciliation in Pitt Meadows
- Katzie artists to be featured on public art in Pitt Meadows
- Maple Ridge conservation group supports Katzie in case against Hydro
- COLUMN: O Canada, our home on stolen land
- Maple Ridge vigil for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- VIDEO: Maple Ridge marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- FNLC Shocked by Horrendous Treatment of 16-Year-Old First Nations Girl at Guildford Town Centre
- ‘Shocked and honoured’: retired educator, First Nations woman has Langley school named after her
- South Surrey Indigenous Carving Centre goes ahead
- Access to care easier for a year, at Katzie First Nation
- Katzie First Nation offers statement after residential school graves found
- First Nations seek return of land used for popular South Surrey farm
- Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Maple Ridge
- Celebrate ‘Connections’ on National Indigenous Peoples Day in Maple Ridge
- Katzie First Nation hold first community event since 2020
- Maple Ridge celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day virtual this year
- Crown land sale pings aboriginal radar
- What’s in a name? Honouring the legacy of Indigenous Peoples at SFU
- Eight works of Indigenous art commissioned for Surrey sites
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Katzie & the Wapato: An archaeological love story
- Mobilizing Indigenous Heritage in Cultural Keystone Places for Climate Change Action
- Katzie First Nation community forest
- Were the ancient Coast Salish farmers? A story of origins
- Planning a sustainable approach to community forest management with the Katzie First Nation at Blue Mountain and Douglas Provincial Forests
- How can archaeobotany be put into service of Katzie food sovereignty?
- " Now we learn to live with it": Katzie cultural resilience and the Golden Ears Bridge.
- Changes in Water Quality of the Katzie Slough; Historical versus Present Day Conditions
- Embodying Indigenous Coast Salish education: Travelling with Xé: ls the sister, mapping Katzie/q'iċəy'stories and pedagogies
- Structuring collaboration amongst BC First Nations and local governments: learning from Katzie First Nation and neighbouring local governments
- Mobilizing Indigenous Heritage in Cultural Keystone Places for Climate Change Action
- Planning a sustainable approach to community forest management with the Katzie First Nation at Blue Mountain and Douglas Provincial Forests
- Land, language and listening: The transformations that can flow from acknowledging indigenous land
- Mobilizing Indigenous Heritage in Cultural Keystone Places for Climate Change Action
- Mobilizing Indigenous Heritage in Cultural Keystone Places for Climate Change Action
- Mobilizing Indigenous Heritage in Cultural Keystone Places for Climate Change Action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- How Can Archaeobotany Be Put into Service of Katzie Food Sovereignty?
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
- Mobilizing Indigenous heritage in cultural keystone places for climate change action
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