About Bow Valley Victim Services
The Bow Valley Victim Service Association (BVVSA) began operations on April 15, 1994.
The association is a not-for-profit, volunteer based, registered society, working in conjunction with the Banff, Canmore and Lake Louise RCMP detachments as well as other community agencies.
The aim of BVVSA is to limit the impact of crime or tragedy on victimized persons by providing assistance, support, information and referral to individuals living and visiting the Bow Valley.
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From April 1994 to April 2022, the BVVSA:
- assisted 16,062 individuals victimized by crime and trauma
- assisted with 7,888 separate occurrences
- assisted 2,443 individuals in court
- have conducted educational presentations to 26,061 people
Over the past operational year ending March 31, 2022 the BVVSA assisted 439 individuals in 342 occurrences. 184 of these occurrences originated in Banff, 131 in Canmore and 27 in Lake Louise.
We provide assistance to both primary victims (persons who have experienced direct injury, loss or trauma) and secondary victims (persons beyond the immediate victim to whom the repercussion of a crime/trauma may spread including friends, family and co-workers).
The types of situations where victims have been assisted by the BVVSA includes murder, attempted murder, sudden death, suicide, attempted suicide, fatal motor vehicle collisions, motor vehicle collisions, serious accidents, sexual assaults, assaults, domestic assaults, break and enters, robbery, thefts, fraud, property damage, trespassing, harassment, threats, kidnapping, missing persons and child abuse.
