Welcome to the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce’s website!

We are a member driven, non-for-profit organization made up of over 100 local small and medium businesses.

The Port Renfrew Chamber is your central hub for business information and is dedicated to helping support and grow businesses in Port Renfrew. To encourage business growth, the Port Renfrew Chamber offers a variety of services to connect visitors with the services they want. On this website, you will find a Business Directory, as well as various articles on some of the activities in Port Renfrew. If you need more information about the Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce, please visit our Contact Us page.

News

  • Bandito’s Band – Concert in the Park

  • Avatar Grove Temporary Closure

    Rec Sites and Trails BC has temporarily closed Avatar Grove due to public safety and environmental concerns. The trail has seen significant impacts due to fallen trees and erosion. Efforts are underway to try and resolve the issues at hand and the public will be notified as soon as the trail is able to be reopened. We appreciate your patience during this time and hope folks are still able to enjoy visiting many of the other natural wonders in the Port Renfrew region.

    This notice will be removed once Avatar Grove has been re-opened to the public.

About Port Renfrew

Port Renfrew, British Columbia is a small community on the southern tip of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. It is quite similar to Tofino, however, it is only an approximate one and a half hour drive west of Victoria, north of the fast growing community of Sooke. Long a forestry and commercial fishing hub, the town has transitioned to being a centre for outdoor recreation including sports fishing, hiking, old growth forest tourism and eco-tourism. It is most famous as the trail head for both the West Coast Trail, and the Juan de Fuca Trail, as well as, for being home to some of the best salt water salmon and halibut fishing on Southern Vancouver Island. Hundreds of fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts descend on the town every summer from local communities, Alberta and the United States and Europe.

Port Renfrew is a seaside community centered around the local wharf, and provides visitors and residents with a relaxed, personable atmosphere as only a small village can create. Several major changes have put Port Renfrew on the map in recent years. The most significant development is the completion of the $25+ million dollar, Pacific Marine Circle Route along with more recent road upgrades connecting Port Renfrew to eastern and northern Vancouver Island with a new paved highway. The completion of the circle route in 2009 has brought increased traffic and exposure to the region from areas such as Duncan and Nanaimo where transit time is now 1.5 to 2 hours.

This temperate coastal rainforest community is dominated by old growth spruce, hemlock and cedar. Captioned as Canada’s Tall Tree Capital Port Renfrew is host to some of the tallest and largest trees in Canada which are known to be on or in the vicinity of the West Coast Trail.

Parks & Beaches

Hiking

Water Sports

Fishing

Stay + Eat