Our Priorities

To achieve this Vision, we have adopted five priorities around which the resort community focuses its collective effort. Each priority below builds on the Vision describing what life is like in 2020.

• Enriching Community Life In the year 2020, the community is attractive and liveable with a strong social fabric, as the majority of the local workforce and many long-time members of the community make Whistler their home ... read more
• Enhancing the Resort Experience In the year 2020, the resort experience continues to exceed expectations. From the moment visitors communicate with the resort about their trip until their return home, they are impressed ... read more
• Protecting the Environment In 2020, Whistler residents continue to understand the importance of the natural environment to the success of the resort and to the health of current and future generations ... read more
• Ensuring Economic Viability In 2020, tourism remains the primary economic driver of Whistler’s ongoing success. To build and stabilize customer visits, the resort has successfully expanded into ventures that complement tourism and that move the resort community toward sustainability ... read more
• Partnering for Success The spirit of cooperation and support among residents, business owners and other stakeholders flourishes in Whistler from years of working together and encouraging each other to achieve the shared vision ... read more

Our Sustainability Objectives

To achieve this Vision, we have adopted four  sustainability objectives around which the resort community also focuses its collective effort.  Useful at all levels of decision-making, these objectives present four science-based, concrete and non-overlapping conditions for achieving a sustainable society. Click on the icons below for further description.