Vancouver Island Y

📢 Upcoming Facility Closures

Please note the upcoming maintenance closures and holiday hours at the Westhills Y and Downtown Y.

📍 Westhills Y
• Sept. 1st & 2nd: Third Floor Maintenance Closure (no Group Fitness or Children's Recreation programming)
• Sept. 3rd & 4th: Second Floor Maintenance Closure (no access to Fitness Floor)
• Sept. 5th –20th: Aquatic Centre Annual Maintenance Closure (all Pools and Hot Areas closed)
• Sept. 7th: Labour Day Statutory Holiday

📍 Downtown Y
• Sept. 7th: Labour Day Statutory Holiday

We appreciate your understanding and patience as we complete important maintenance work to keep our facilities at their best.

Exciting New Downtown Y Program:

Every Sunday
August 9 to 30
1000 AM
$12 (for four sessions)

Discover the Gentle Power of Tai Chi Cheng Style Tai Chi Chuan is a gentle form of exercise, ideal for people of all ages. This graceful, low-impact practice helps improve overall fitness, enhance balance and flexibility, and promote a sense of calm and well-being.

Through regular practice, you’ll build strength from within, develop better body awareness, and experience the harmony of mind and body.Your instructor, Paul, brings over 28 years of experience in Tai Chi and Chi-gung. He lives by the core Tai Chi principle that “softness overcomes hardness,” applying its wisdom both in his practice and everyday life. Whether you’re new to Tai Chi or looking to deepen your understanding, Paul’s thoughtful guidance makes the journey both rewarding and accessible.

To register, go to vancouverislandy.com or follow the link in our bio.

We're Hiring: The Vancouver Island Y is filling multiple positions in our Child Care Centres and Health Fitness and Aquatics Facilities.

We are currently accepting applications and we can't wait to meet you!

For information about these exciting opportunities, read the full postings at the link in our Bio.

We're Hiring: The Vancouver Island Y is looking for a Center Manager at Westhills Y in Langford BC.

Your Island Y is seeking a dynamic leader to lead operations for a great team, a variety of programs and services, members of all ages and to strengthen the roles of this recreation facility as a Centre of Community in the rapidly growing Westshore near Victoria, BC. We have been proudly operating in this region for 150 years as an independent charity that is both a YMCA and YWCA (one of only two such organizations in Canada). We are proudly celebrating ten years at this location, in close collaboration and partnership with the City of Langford.

We are accepting applicants until early September. We can't wait to meet you!

For information about this exciting opportunity, read the full posting at the link in our Bio.

Blood Donor Clinic:

Your Island Y is proud to partner with Canadian Blood Services for our annual Blood Donor Clinic.

Please join the team at the WestHills Y on Monday, August 17th from 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM. Help fill all of the appointments that day. Your gift of blood will save a life.

Book your spot at blood.ca or call 1.888.236.6283.