Member Co-ops & Supporters

Care Connection is a health and home care service team that provides reliable, trusted care in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Our services give comfort, reassurance and peace of mind to you and your loved ones. 

Our services include personal care, companionship and homemaking with specialized forms of care within each of these areas that help people remain independent in a safer and healthier home environment.  ~ read more

In 1974 a group of people active in daycare, consumer and housing co-operatives met to discuss the problems of raising capital for their organizations. The capital in the community was not accessible to them because their financial institutions were unwilling to provide the needed financial services. The group decided to pool their organizations' money and form a financial institution that was committed to community economic development. ~ read more

Central 1 Credit Union is the central financial facility and trade association for the B.C. and Ontario credit union systems. It's an "umbrella organization," representing retail financial institutions that serve 2.8 million members and hold more than $60 billion in assets.

Owned and funded by our credit union stakeholders, we operate on multiple levels to advance their goals -- from functioning as the system's wholesale financial arm and technology supplier to providing the full range of trade association and development services. ~ read more

The Co-operative Auto Network (CAN) is a not-for-profit co-operative venture incorporated to foster car sharing as an alternative to the privately owned automobile.  We believe CAN is an environmentally responsible and economically sound choice for many people's mobility needs. 

Through car sharing we aim to improve air quality, reduce stresses on green space and eliminate many non-point sources of pollution. ~ read more

The Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHF BC) is a co-operative association whose members are housing co-ops and related organizations in British Columbia.

Members provide direction through their delegates at Federation meetings, through the Board of Directors elected at the annual general meeting, and by serving on CHF BC committees. This member direction helps CHF BC focus on meeting the needs of housing co-ops. ~ read more

Coast Capital Savings is Canada’s second largest credit union with total assets under administration of $12.9 billion, 425,000 members and 50 branches in the Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island regions of British Columbia. ~ read more

Concentra Financial is a credit union company and an integral part of the Canadian co-operative financial system. Through leadership and partnership, Concentra seeks to advance the credit union system. Partnering with credit unions and other organizations, nationally, Concentra delivers value added services and specialized solutions to enhance our partners' competitive advantage and success. ~ read more

The CUMIS Group Limited (CUMIS) partners with credit unions to deliver competitive insurance and financial solutions. In doing so, it creates financial security and promotes the growth and success of the credit union system in Canada.

Its principal companies are CUMIS Life Insurance Company and CUMIS General Insurance Company. CUMIS also has a 50 per cent interest in CUMIS Brokerage Services Limited and Credential Financial Inc. ~ read more

In 1945, a group of Saskatchewan wheat farmers decided to pool their collective resources to start an insurance co-operative. In those first years, many Saskatchewan Wheat Pool field men wore two hats: carrying out the business of the Wheat Pool and selling life insurance for the new company.

The company we know today was born of the dreams and efforts of like-minded organizations that have grown in partnership to become the largest, wholly Canadian-owned, multi-product insurance company. Since our humble beginnings in 1945, each decade has brought with it new challenges and created new milestones that have made us what we are today. ~ read more