Legion Veterans Village

Legion Veterans Village

The $312-million two-phase Legion Veterans Village project will be Canada’s first Centre of Excellence for Veterans and First Responders focusing on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental health. Phase one includes a twenty-storey centrepiece, mixed-use building inspired by the forms of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. This building will feature the Centre of Excellence and the Innovation Centre for Rehabilitation, offering clinical rehabilitation services, research and the delivery of health care programs, services and trauma counseling for PTSD and mental health.

It will also house a new 10,500 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility for the Whalley Legion Branch 229, as well as 148 market housing units, and 48 affordable housing units for veterans and their families. The second phase, and complement to the Veterans building, is a new twenty-six storey building that consists of 325 market housing units.

Led by the BC/Yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, together with our Whalley Legion Branch 229 and the Lark Group in Surrey B.C., this unique multi-purpose facility is envisioned to be the first of many such projects across Canada. This innovative project is positioned to change the current standards of care for veterans, first responders and citizens in the Canadian communities it serves. Our goal is to meet the critical needs of our valuable veterans and first-responders, providing them with the programs and services that will help them heal and recover.

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