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Company Snapshot

General information

  • Formation: Jan.1, 2010 with earliest predecessor credit union established 1946
  • Comparative size: Third largest credit union in B.C.; fifth largest in Canada
  • Total assets and assets under management: $16.9 billion
  • Members: More than 250,000
  • Employees: Approximately 1,250
  • Head office: Langley, B.C.
  • Branches: 46

Previous mergers

  • Island Savings merged with First West in 2015
  • Enderby & District Credit Union merged with First West in 2013
  • Envision Credit Union and Valley First Credit Union merged in 2010, forming First West
  • Delta Credit Union and First Heritage Savings merged in 2001 to form Envision Credit Union
  • Valley First amalgamated with Armstrong Spallumcheen Savings & Credit Union and purchased KCP Credit Union in Kamloops in 2001.