Contest: What does 'Community' mean to you?

Let’s Talk Community!

Creating a healthy community to live, work and play is what makes our city a great place to be!

We want to know what is important to you to create a community. Is it parks and natural spaces, maybe its family and safe places to play with them; or local events or great restaurants featuring food grown right in our own backyard. Let us know what community means to you. Send in a photo, picture or a story by September 13.

All entries will be entered to win an Abbotsford community prize pack full of coupons, local products and items to celebrate our community spirit. Check out the videos to see what community means to your Councillors!

Manufacturing Industry Tour

To highlight Abbotsford’s diverse and innovative manufacturing sector, and to mark Canada’s Manufacturing Day, the City of Abbotsford and the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce are partnering to launch an inaugural Manufacturing Industry Tour on Manufacturing Day, Friday, October 4, 2024.

The day-long bus tour will feature tours of four homegrown successes and leading manufacturers in Abbotsford: Barr Plastics, RAD Torque, BE Power Equipment and StructureCraft, as well as speakers from the manufacturing sector, a group lunch, and the opportunity to learn about the diverse range of manufacturing operations taking place in the community

Tickets for the inaugural Manufacturing Industry Tour are now available.

Taste of Abby

Save the date - your favourite fall food festival is back September 13-22. Taste of Abby is your opportunity to savour unique culinary experiences, explore events, tasting menus and limited-edition creations.

Take a Bite, Win a Flight

From now until September 22, if you dine at one of the participating Taste of Abby restaurant partners you can enter to win a 1-hour helicopter ride for two with BC Helicopters. 

Events

Be sure to check out all the details and snag your tickets early!

Business Community Events

  1. Abbotsford Farm & Country Market: Join the Abbotsford Farm and Country market every Saturday until October 26. Visit the Farmers Market from 9 am to noon at Jubilee Park.

  2. Fraser Valley Job Fair: Join WorkBC Abbotsford / Mission on September 23 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre. The job fair is a great opportunity to connect with potential employers, network and interview.

Be sure to check out Go! Abbotsford for a full list of activities taking place in July.

Business Grants and Funding 
 

  • Business Benefits Finder: Be sure to check out the Government of Canada's Business Benefits Finder to learn more about grants, contributions, loans, tax credits, wage subsidies and other business supports available for your business.
     
  • FortisBC Rebates and Offers: Be sure to check our FortisBC see a list of rebates and offers that may be available for your business.
     
  • Government of BC Economic Development Funding and Grants: Learn more about financial support available for your economic development initiatives by using the Government of BC's database.
     
  • Pacific Economic Development Canada Funding: PacifiCan offers funding programs to help BC businesses compete in domestic and global markets. Learn more about PacifiCan funding programs that can support your business.
     
  • Securing Small Business Rebate: The Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation has launched a $10.5 million Securing Small Business Rebate Program, which provides small businesses with funds for eligible repairs for both property crime and vandalism and to implement eligible preventative measures. The BC Chamber of Commerce administers this program. The program's application portal remains open until January 31, 2025 or until the program is fully subscribed. To learn more about making a rebate application, join the information session on Wednesday, September 11.

Abby Fresh Directory

We believe in the power of connection — connecting local producers with local consumers, building relationships, nurturing traditions, and forging a path toward a sustainable and vibrant future for our agricultural industry.

Join us as we support our local farms, processors and markets in Abbotsford that shape our region’s culinary landscape. We are excited to connect the food you eat with the people who grow it. We are all about creating opportunities for local food businesses to thrive.

Be sure to ‘Get Listed’ by adding your name to our free directory!

Table Talk

Table Talk offers a forum to promote and share news focused on economic development including business resources and grants, programs, updates and events for the business community. The mission of Table Talk is to cultivate and grow economic development relationships.

We want to hear from you! Email us at econdev@abbotsford.ca to learn more about the Table or to share your news via Table Talk.