About the Guide Outfitters Association - GOABC

Hunting generates
yearly revenues
of $350 million
dollars for BC

The Guide Outfitter Association of British Columbia (GOABC est. 1966) is a non profit association that promotes quality wilderness experiences and outdoor adventures throughout British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories that will "knock your socks off"!

Today, GOABC represents more than 200 licenced Guide Outfitters and angling guides in the Canadian Northwest. These professionals provide wilderness experiences and outdoor adventures to more than 4,500 clients annually.

Our Mission Statement

The Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia is committed to a strong and stable guide outfitting industry in British Columbia that offers the highest quality wilderness experiences and professional standards in North America. The Association is committed to the promotion and practice of wise conservation management and use of all natural resources.

The GOABC recognizes the importance of strengthening co-operation and promoting cordial relations between its members. The Association seeks to improve laws governing or affecting the guiding and tourism industry in BC, and to protect its members from unfair and discriminatory legislation. The Association is committed to raising the profile of guide outfitting in a positive and professional manner which will benefit the industry as a whole.

Our Economic Contribution

More than 2,000 people, including about 1,000 assistant guides, are directly employed in the industry, along with many others who benefit from the industry working in sporting goods stores, grocery stores, service stations, hotels, motels and restaurants.

More than 5,000 hunters come to British Columbia each year spending on average more per day per capita than any other visitor to our province. Several thousand other outdoor enthusiasts come to fish and camp.

The guide outfitting industry contributes between $2 million and $3 million each year to the government in license and tag fees, surcharges and royalties, and millions of other dollars in general taxes.