sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ | Tsawwassen First Nation
Community Profile
- The Tsawwassen First Nation is a federally recognized Indigenous community situated in the traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples in southwestern British Columbia, with a significant economic development and land management strategy.
- Last Updated 2025-04-27 08:50:39 UTC
- Name: Tsawwassen First Nation (ISC Code: 577)
- Former Names: Tsawwassen Band
- Band Style: Self-Governing First Nation
- Cultural Area: Coast Salish Territory
- Indigenous Language: hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
- Number of Registered Members: 416
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Self-Government
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/07/2025
- CHIEF: LAURA CASSIDY
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:1
- LAURA CASSIDY
- DAWN WILLIAMS
- LORETTA WILLIAMS
- LOUISE AHLM
- TIA WILLIAMS
- VALERIE CROSS
- TRENT GENGE
- KATHY GENGE
- TAYLOR BAKER
- MARYANNE ADAMS
- ANDREA JACOBS
- MELINDA CASSIDY
- TERRI ANN SPLOCKTON
- BRYCE WILLIAMS
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.tsawwassenfirstnation.com/
- PHONE NUMBER: (604) 943-2112
- FAX NUMBER: (604) 943-9226
- ADDRESS: 1926 TSAWWASSEN DR. N., DELTA, BC
- EMAILS: Contact Form: https://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/contact-us/
- Chief LAURA CASSIDY: lcassidy@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Enrolment Registrar : enrollinfo@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member DAWN WILLIAMS: dwilliams@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member LORETTA WILLIAMS:
- Legislative Member LOUISE AHLM: lahlm@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member TIA WILLIAMS:
- Legislative Member VALERIE CROSS:
- Legislative Member TRENT GENGE:
- Legislative Member KATHY GENGE:
- Legislative Member TAYLOR BAKER: taylor.baker@ubc.ca
- Legislative Member MARYANNE ADAMS: madams@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member ANDREA JACOBS: ajacobs@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member MELINDA CASSIDY:
- Legislative Member TERRI ANN SPLOCKTON: tsplockton@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Legislative Member BRYCE WILLIAMS: Bryce_bcbw@hotmail.com
- PROPERTY TAXES AND UTILITY CHARGES : taxation@tsawwassenfirstnation.com.
- Communications Kaitlin Williams: communications@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Education & Skills Development Manager Catherine Huber: chuber@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Inquiries relating to Dog licenses Business licenses Permitting Bylaw/enforcement : landsreception@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Media Contact Callum Robinson: crobinson@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- PROPERTY TAXES AND UTILITY CHARGES : taxation@tsawwassenfirstnation.com.
- Signature Request : leasedocs@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Status Registration Maryanne Adams: madams@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- General Band Office: Contact Form: https://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/contact-us/
- Media Contact: crobinson@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Referrals Contact: referrals@tsawwassenfirstnation.com
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2008 - Tsawwassen First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Tsawwassen First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Tsawwassen First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Tsawwassen First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Tsawwassen First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Tsawwassen First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Tsawwassen First Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Tsawwassen First Nation20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 8060
TSAWWASSEN
272.6 Hectares
NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT TWP 5 ON STRAIT OF GEORGIA 1 MILE N OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY & 5 MILES S OF LADNER
[49.0900961, -123.0819988]
Tsawwassen Traditional Territory
- Located in southwestern British Columbia
- Encompasses areas of Delta, Metro Vancouver
- Includes coastal and inland regions traditionally used for fishing, hunting, and gathering
- Key geographical areas:
- Fraser River Delta
- Strait of Georgia coastline
- Traditional hunting and gathering grounds
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act
- Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act
- Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Act
- The Tsawwassen First Nation et al. v. Vancouver Port Authority et al.
- The Tsawwassen First Nation et al. v. Vancouver Port Authority et al.
- Tsawwassen First Nation Property Tax Exemption Regulation
- Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Interim Regulations
- Tsawwassen First Nation Membership in the Greater Vancouver Water District Regulation
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Douglas Todd: Tsawwassen First Nation seeks more farmland
- Douglas Todd: Corporate giants bring wealth to Tsawwassen First Nation, but not without controversy
- Reflecting on progress and the return of Brunswick Point to Tsawwassen First Nation
- Reaching for the Sky: Youth Centres for Indigenous Communities
- Tsawwassen First Nation celebrates historic milestone
- B.C. Indigenous Advisory Council on Agriculture and Food (IACAF)
- ‘B.C.’ legislative assembly to issue formal apology to First Nations, build residential ‘school’ memorial
- θə sciʔeł q̓em̓iʔ cəw̓aθə (Princess Tsawassa: A journey of discovery)
- Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples in Canada
- Let's walk hand-in-hand on the journey to reconciliation, says TFN's Wilson
- TFN treaty process continues with 11 parcels added to first nation land
- Delta throwback: A new church opens at the Tsawwassen First Nation
- Douglas Todd: What do Indigenous voices say about immigration?
- British Columbia First Nations’ Failing Fisheries
- Helping the TFN be prepared for emergencies
- How entrepreneur Steven Stark’s Tsawwassen First Nation roots turned his life around
- Remembering Walter Williams on Indigenous Veterans Day
- Opinion: To finally kill colonialism, give property rights to First Nations individuals
- 'The original farmers': Interest in First Nations farming revival growing
- Tsawwassen First Nation Youth Centre: In Style with Coast Salish Tradition
- A message from TFN Chief Laura Cassidy on National Indigenous Peoples Day
- A message from Chief Laura Cassidy
- National Indigenous Peoples Day: Steven Stark message of hope, overcoming adversity
- Tsawwassen First Nation mourns passing of Chief Ken Baird
- Top stories of 2022: TFN reaches financial land settlement
- Easy for drug dealers entering Tsawwassen First Nation, claim members
- King Charles III Coronation Medal for Kim Baird
- DPD, TFN building unique policing model
- Throwback: Life at the Tsawwassen Indian Reserve (PHOTOS)
- Unceded: Why we acknowledge, or don't, that B.C. First Nations never signed away land
- Native Canadians Are Thriving ... in the Suburbs
- Dancers help Tsawwassen Legion celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
- National Indigenous Peoples Day: A message from sxwamisaat, TFN Chief Laura Cassidy
- Millions to Tsawwassen First Nation in settlement to right past wrongs
- Editorial: Tsawwassen Mills mall symbolizes First Nation's independence
- An unsung success: The First Nations Land Management Act
- Delta School District holds traditional ceremony for launch of new journey canoe
- TFN members honoured with Rotary Peace Builder Award
- Blanket exercises in Delta, walk in Tsawwassen to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Charting an economic path forward for First Nations
- Tsawwassen First Nation's new legislative seat eyed by elders
- Housing plans for City of Delta, Tsawwassen First Nation
- Artist celebrates representation for National Indigenous Peoples Day | Lifestyle
- ‘Reconciliation 101’ talk in Surrey with former chief of Tsawwassen First Nation
- 'Our DNA comes from this region': Reclaimed land opens up Fraser River to Tsawwassen First Nation
- Musqueam matriarch Rhiannon Bennett reflects on personal journey of truth-telling in Delta
- PHOTOS: A special night for lacrosse in Delta
- How Do We Talk About Senakw?
- Douglas Todd: Why is Vancouver so secretive about this First Nations' highrise project?
- Can this B.C. First Nation’s partnership with police offer a path for peace and justice elsewhere?
- 'Waste of farmland' sign rises on Tsawwassen band land
- More than 1,100 new homes coming for Indigenous peoples
- Delta community joins TFN for Orange Shirt Day Walk
- Construction of Tsawwassen First Nation mega-malls begins
- BC Court of Appeal Denies Hwlitsum Standing to Claim Aboriginal Rights
- Mayors, First Nations chiefs pen letter to premier demanding Massey Tunnel solution
- KPU waives tuition for students from seven local First Nations. Will other B.C. schools follow?
- SIMPSON: Surrey’s refusal to acknowledge First Nations land was terrible look - now it’s even worse
- Land could be lost to First Nations
- Treaty Commission aims for more First Nations deals with expedited process
- City of Delta makes first Indigenous land acknowledgement
- Billion-dollar investment reflects business success of Tsawwassen treaty
- Young B.C. chief balances major development with tradition
- Tsawwassen missing person case officially a homicide
- Surrey's rejection of Indigenous land acknowledgement enforces systemic racism, BCAFN says
- Cowichan First Nations’ bid to recover disputed Richmond land, fishing rights wraps up for now
- Land/Territory Acknowledgement
- Two major B.C. cities reject Indigenous land acknowledgements
- Tsawwassen Mills mall won't accept First Nations status cards for tax exemption
- Maa-nulth First Nations sign historic B.C. treaty
- Shacks and slop pails: infrastructure crisis on native reserves
- COLUMN: Surrey has far to go in its relationship with First Nations
- Modern day treaties fundamentally reshaping Canada for the better
- First Nations people deserve right to fee simple land ownership
- Tsawwassen Mills mall hoping to attract far-flung customers
- Treaty Rights
- 'It's our turn': First Nations seek return of Surrey field that produces millions of B.C. vegetables
- A life transformed: Steven Stark’s perspectives on business reconciliation
- Tsawwassen First Nation Service Team
- Vancity announces new Indigenous Advisory Committee
- National Indigenous Peoples Day: TFN building relationships with Delta Police
- A message from Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Ken Baird
- 2016 Census Aboriginal Community Portrait – Tsawwassen First Nation
- Tsawwassen First Nation chief makes World's 100 Most Influential Young People in Government list
- Better dialogue with First Nations could have avoided Joffre Lakes closure, critics say
- Tsawwassen First Nation business misses out on Bear’s Lair
- TFN settlement part of effort to 'deal with past wrongs against First Nations
- Tsawwassen First Nation never consulted on foreign-buyer tax break
- Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples day
- Blanket exercises in Delta, walk in Tsawwassen to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- National Indigenous Peoples Day 2023
- Aboriginal Peoples: Mapping the future - CBC News
- Delta School District holds traditional ceremony for launch of new journey canoe
- Central Coast Salish
- Douglas Todd: How does Indigenous reconciliation square with big business?
- An Indigenous guide to the 2019 federal election
- Indigenous consent comes first and last for B.C. industrial projects
- Burnaby Coun. Sav Dhaliwal named Metro chair of Indigenous relations committee
- City of Delta makes another step toward Indigenous reconciliation
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Tsawwassen First Nation business makes it to television show
- ‘Native American’ Tsawwassen First Nation chief makes most influential list
- First Nation opposes Delta casino
- Indigenous land acknowledgment to open Delta council meetings, public events
- KPU names former Tsawwassen chief chancellor of university
- Delta schools remember Indigenous history, suffering on Orange Shirt Day
- Amazon to open 10-acre shipping warehouse on Tsawwassen First Nation land
- Nisg̱a’a Nation joins Tsawwassen First Nation, Tla’amin
- Former Chilliwack, B.C., MP Chuck Strahl dead at 67
- Tsawwassen First Nation honours their beloved chief
- SDG 13 in the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement
- Tsawwassen Chief Kim Baird defeated in band election
- Tsawwassen farm school to help feed vulnerable communities
- B.C. native treaty process has cost $1B with little success: report
- Tsawwassen Treaty ‘Fraud’ Say Gulf Island First Nations
- Memorial tree honours lives of Indigenous children found at former residential schools
- Indigenous consent comes first and last for B.C. industrial projects
- Indigenous food systems and agriculture
- Tsawwassen First Nation rally message to drug dealers: Stay out!
- Islanders to host four games to honour National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Delta council opens first meeting with Indigenous land acknowledgement
- Tsawwassen First Nation embraces retail with huge, 180-store Tsawwassen Mills outlet mall
- Indigenous consent comes first and last for B.C. industrial projects
- Blanket exercises in Delta, walk in Tsawwassen to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Tsawwassen walk, blanket exercises in Delta to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Study explores potential for First Nations justice system
- Tsawwassen Shuttles Inc. wins Indigenous Business Award from B.C. Achievement Foundation
- Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School giving back to KPU program
- FOI laws don’t apply to most First Nations
- KPU chancellor receives B.C. Reconciliation Award
- Indigenous consent comes first and last for B.C. industrial projects
- First Nation in Metro Vancouver will finally have clean drinking water in 2021
- PHOTOS: TFN celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day: Photo Gallery
- Agreement achieved at Brunswick Point
- Tsawwassen First Nation opens new youth centre
- New interpretive sign at Tsawwassen's Fred Gingell Park (PHOTOS)
- Tsawwassen First Nation votes down controversial LNG facility
- Islanders hosting lacrosse event for National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Tsawwassen First Nation, Ivanhoé Cambridge and Property Development Group start construction on British Columbia's newest destination retail developments
- First Nation titles free from B.C. foreign tax
- First Nation titles free from B.C. foreign tax
- B.C., UBCM reaffirm reconciliation efforts with updated MOU
- B.C., UBCM reaffirm reconciliation efforts with updated MOU
- An Exclusive Interview with Kim Baird as the Trans Mountain Decision Looms
- An Exclusive Interview with Kim Baird as the Trans Mountain Decision Looms
- Trudeau government names Trans Mountain environmental review panel
- Trudeau government names Trans Mountain environmental review panel
- Tsawwassen First Nation's projects taking shape
- Tsawwassen First Nation's projects taking shape
- RECLAIMING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
- RECLAIMING FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Tsawwassen First Nation—A Case Study for Economic Development in Coexistence with Thriving Indigenous Culture
- Environment, development, trust, and well-being in the Tsawwassen First Nation
- Tsawwassen First Nation governance: An environmental justice case study
- Making history
- Crown--First Nations relationships: a comparative analysis of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
- Away from the Indian Act-Treaty Governance at Tsawwassen First Nation
- Incremental Planning: The Tsawwassen First Nation Experience
- Approaches to Administrative Law: Tsawwassen First Nation
- Cross cultural neighbours: exploring settler responses to the Tsawwassen Urban Treaty.
- Tsawwassen First Nation post-season fisheries report, 2015
- Tsawwassen First Nation governance: An environmental justice case study
- Making Indigenous self-government happen in Canada
- Crown--First Nations relationships: a comparative analysis of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
- Cross cultural neighbours: exploring settler responses to the Tsawwassen Urban Treaty.
- What We Learned: Discussions with Four First Nations about the Administration and Enforcement of their Laws and By-laws
- What We Learned: Discussions with Four First Nations about the Administration and Enforcement of their Laws and By-laws
Expert Analysis