MISSION STATEMENT
We support, connect, and advocate for our business community
VISION STATEMENT
The Chamber is a leader and champion for an inclusive, resilient and informed business community.
The Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organization helping promote your business and raise your profile in the area of Prince Rupert, Port Edward and neighbouring communities.
As the voice of business in the area, we represent businesses spanning a variety of industries, specialties and interests. With nearly 300 members, our Chamber membership includes our community’s biggest employers, small and medium size businesses as well as home-based entrepreneurs, non-profits and more.
We are moving forward with fresh ideas and a genuine sense of excitement for where we are going as an organization. The Chamber strives to have a focus on strong policy that supports local businesses, be a visible and approachable presence in the community and ensure that the value of membership is the best investment businesses can make.
We believe in...
Therefore we will...
INTEGRITY
Do what we say we will do
STRATEGY
Prepare & plan ahead
FUN
Celebrate our successes
MEMBER-FOCUS
Serve members’ needs
ACCOUNTABILITY
Communicate Openly
EXCELLENCE
Be the best we can be
VISIBILITY
Say What We Do
Chambers hold regular networking events to allow directors and members to exchange ideas, develop relationships, and improve their professional network. Be part of a collective voice of a greater Provincial and National Chamber network.
Constructively work with other top-level business-minded individuals as a director
Have the opportunity to grow your network, and grow in an Executive (First Vice President, Second Vice President, President) position.
Work on policies and recommendations for the business community on both municipal, provincial, and national issues.
Be part of a collective voice in the local, provincial, and national business community.
Allows you to be on a platform that can inspire and motivate other entrepreneurs and business owners to help resolve business community issues.
Learn to work with other business professionals through seminars, training sessions, and chamber meetings. Learn and become more involved with business within Prince Rupert and the surrounding communities
Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce has been engaged in the community from the early days of Prince Rupert,
starting in 1908 as the Board of Trade and incorporated in 1910. In 1929 the organization transitioned to become the Chamber of Commerce.
Many dedicated local business people have had a hand in directing the Chamber over the years along for over 110 years.
2022 Daphne Thomson
2021 Michael J. Gurney
2020 Michelle Boomars-MacNeill
2019 Michelle Boomars-MacNeill
2018 Dave McKeever
2017 Michelle Bryant-Gravelle
2016 Keith Lambourne
2015 Rosa Miller
2014 John Farrell
2013 Jason Scherr
2012 Jason Scherr
2011 Chad Cunningham
2010 Maynard Angus
2009 Deb Stava
2008 Deb Stava
2007 Wendy Prystay
2006 Michael Jackson
2005 Michael Jackson
2004 Mark Newbery
2003 Bill Parmar
2002 Maureen Macarenko
2001 Charlie Parkin
2000 Charlie Parkin
1999 Peggy Youden
1998 Dave Walker
1997 Allan Sheppard
1996 Allan Sheppard
1995 Charlie Parkin
1994 Doug Mackereth
1993 Don Scott
1992 Vince Arimare
1991 Rick Lindseth
1990 Robert Olson
1989 Jay Strong
1988 Paul Kennedy
1987 Nancy Wilson
1986 Brian Eby
1985 Steve Smith
1984 Gord Gillam
1983 John McNish
1982 Don Silversides
1981 Jack Payne
1980 Roy Webber
1979 Norm Parham
1978 Richard Lutz
1977 Larry Valentin
1976 Vincent Dodd
1975 Ed Oystensen
1974 Roy Last
1973 Noel Woodworth
1972 R.L. Eby
1971 E.T.S. Moore
1970 Don Forward
1969 R.C.S. Graham
1968 W.J. Smith
1967 A.S. Bill
1966 W.B.N. Hick
1965 O.J. Eidsvik
1964 W.D. Stothert
1963 Neil MacDonald
1962 Dr. R.G. Large
1961 A.T. Crawley
1960 John Guthrie
1958 A.B. Brown
1957 J.D. McRae
1956 E.R. Gordon
1955 A.S. Nickerson
1954 P.H. Linzey
1953 Orme G. Stuart
1952 T. Norton Youngs
1951 J.C. Gilker
1950 I.M. Felsenthol
1949 G.R.A. Blackaby
1948 Dr. R. G. Large
1947 G.A. Hunter
1946 W.F. Stone
1945 G.C. Mitchell
1944 W.J. Scott
1943 R.M. Winslow
1942 Arnold Flaten
1941 W.R. McAfee
1940 W.M. Watts
1939 J.T. Harvey
1938 F.A. MacCallum
1937 J.J. Little
1936 W.M. Blackstone
1935 C.V. Evitt
1934 John Dybhavn
1933 T.B. Johnson
1932 J.H. Pillsbury
1931 B.J. Mellish
1930 G.P. Tinker
1929 Milton Gonzales
1928 J.W. Nicholls
1927 W.O. Fulton
1926 Olof Hanson
1925 G.W. Nickerson
1924 S.J. McLeod
1923 E.C. Gibbons
1922 C.H. Orme
1921 W.E. Williams
1920 S.E. Parker
1919 M.P McCaffrey
1918 H.S. Wallace
1917 G.H. Woodland
1916 G.W. Nickerson
1915 D.G. Stewart
1914 G.R. Naden
1913 F.G. Dawson
1912 F.H. Mobley
1911 A.J. Morris
1910 Julius Levy
1909 Jack Houston & Thomas Dunn
1908 Fred Stork
