Rent Relief For Eligible Outdoor Adventure Operators

The outdoor/adventure industry has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, businesses such as fishing and hunting lodges, guest ranches, ecotourism lodges, seasonal campgrounds and other commercial recreation operators in British Columbia may be eligible for rent relief.

Specifically, those who hold Land Act tenures or Park Act permits may qualify to have the annual base rent they pay to the government waived for one year. Approximately $1.6 million has been allocated for rent forgiveness, benefitting an estimated 592 Land Act tenure holders and 443 Park Act Permit holders.

Who is eligible?

• Rent forgiveness targets commercial recreational operators whose primary purpose is outdoor recreation activities, with ancillary uses related to transportation, accommodation or food and beverage.