Cowichan Housing Association

08/26/2026

📣 CRA Tax Clinic – Free & Drop-In!

Need help with your taxes or have questions about your CRA account? Come visit us at Cowichan Independent Living for a free drop-in clinic with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

📅 Thursday, September 3
🕙 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
📍 531 Canada Ave, Duncan

Services include help with:
• Tax slips and information
• Notices of Assessment and CRA correspondence
• Benefits and credits, including DTC, CCB, GST/HST Credit and CWB
• Updating your CRA account information

Please bring any ID you have. What’s required will depend on the services you need.

✨ Free! No appointment necessary.
We hope to see you there!

08/12/2026

08/02/2026

☀Please know our office will be closed
Monday August 3rd☀

07/23/2026

A place to find indoor or outdoor spaces to cool off during heat warnings.

07/23/2026

⚠️Our region is expected to experience above-seasonal temperatures, with daytime highs of 30°C or more and warm overnight temperatures.
Extreme heat can affect everyone. If you need a place to cool down, Cowichan Tribes is opening a Cooling Centre at the Si'em Lelum Gym Dining Hall on:

Wednesday, July 22 2026 from 10:00am to 8:00pm
and
Thursday, July 23 2026 from 10:00am to 8:00pm

Make sure to contact our office at 778-901-9111 if you need support arranging a ride.

07/20/2026

In honour of International Overdose Awareness Day, we invite you to join us for Purple Ribbon Day on Saturday, August 29th, 2026. 11am-3pm at Charles Hoey Park (124 Canada Ave) in Duncan. A time to be together in community, to remember loved ones and hold space, and to look to the future with hope for change.

11am- Opening Ceremony with Tzinquaw Dancers and Drummers
12pm- Free BBQ begins
All Day - Memorial tent, service provider booths, art, music, and prize basket giveaways

Hope to see you there 💜

07/20/2026

Come to the Cowichan Library for a Super Clinic with both the Canada Revenue Agency and Service Canada to get your taxes filed, and find out more about the benefits, credits, pensions, programs, and services you may be entitled to!

Free! Drop-in!
August 4 from 10am-2:30pm at the Cowichan Library

💰Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)💰
• Tax Slip information (T4, T5007, T4A-Pension, T4A- OAS and more)
• Notice of Assessments (NOAs) and Assistance with CRA correspondence
• Benefits and Credits information: Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Canada Child Benefit (CCB), GST/HST credit, Canada Worker’s Benefit (CWB)
• Account updates (address, contact number, etc.)

🍁Service Canada🍁
• NEW Canada Disability Benefit – Information and Application
• Canadian Dental Care Plan-Information and Application/Attestation
• Pension information – Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan
• Get a Social Insurance Number (birth certificate in most cases will be required)
• Receive an access code to sign up for online My Service Canada
• General Government of Canada information

**Please bring any ID you have as what is required will depend on the services accessed**

For more information, please contact the library by phone 250-746-7661 or email [email protected]

06/30/2026

Friendly reminder that our office will be CLOSED July 1st.

05/18/2026

Our office will be CLOSED Monday May 18th

04/29/2026

❣️OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ❣️
Tuesday, May 5, 11am-1:30pm for staff to attend this event. We hope to see you there too!

Join the Gone But Not Forgotten 5/10K Walk/Run in Duncan on May 5th. Walk, run, or come show your support. Every step helps to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

📅 May 5th at Si'em Lelum. Registration & check-in starts at 9am.

Pre-register on Eventbrite or sign up in-person on May 5th: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gone-but-not-forgotten-510-km-walk-run-tickets-1983573808658

Thank you to the community partners helping make this event possible: Cowichan Missing & Murdered Women, Men and Children, ETHOS CMG, Cowichan Tribes, Ts'ewulhtun Health Centre, Tsow Tun Le Lum RHSW Support, Hiiye'yu Lelum-House of Friendship, Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP, and WorkBC Centre Cowichan.