The Friendship Center is a non-profit society.The Friendship Center Program is designed to "improve the quality of life for people in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which give equal access to and participation in Canadian society and which respects cultural distinctiveness."



The Port Alberni Friendship Center, established in the mid-1960s, is one of the more than 100 friendship centres across Canada, with a mandate of providing services for urban Native Indians. The services presently provided at our center are counselling, recreation programs, legal help, some public health services, social events, crafts and cultural events, with a general drop-in atmosphere.