Experience Indigenous BC the way communities want to share it.
The First Welcome app guides you to real places, living stories, and the cultural protocols that make your visit meaningful. Free, self-guided, and made by First Nations communities across coastal British Columbia.
"In a good way"
Visiting with context, curiosity, and respect,
on the terms of the communities whose traditional lands you're on.
Built by the nations whose lands you're visiting
How it works
Free on iOS and Android. Download before your visit or right now, wherever you are in BC.
The app works on location — at welcome poles, public art, traditional territories, and community sites across coastal BC.
Stories, language, and cultural context arrive as you move through participating places and explore self-guided tours.
There's no set route and no finish line. Start anywhere, travel respectfully, learn as you go.
This isn't a just tour. It's an introduction
Most visits to Indigenous territories happen without context — or connection.
The First Welcome changes that.
Wherever you are in Coastal BC, the app brings you the places, voices, and traditions that First Nations communities have chosen to share — on their terms.
Download the The First Welcome App
Indigenous Tourism BC acknowledges that it is situated on operates on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).
