- Established in 1930 as the Christmas Exchange.
- 1939 renamed the Christmas Cheer Committee (CCC) part of the Vancouver Council of Social Agencies
- 1946 Community Chest and Council formed, Christmas Cheer Committee part of central services
- 1947 Camping Referral Project established (CRP)
- 1953 first use title “Christmas Bureau” (CB)
- 1970 CRP and CB combined to one committee
- 1980 United Way approves terms of reference for Christmas and Camping Bureaus
- 1981 Christmas and Camping programs are relocated from United Way facility to Commercial Drive location
- 1984 United Way sets up committee to consider future of Bureau – commissions the historical review of the Christmas and Camping Bureaus by K Wyndham Brown (source for pre 1984 historical data)
- 1989 Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau and Lower Mainland Camping Bureaus are registered as separate British Columbia Societies
- 1993 LMCB relocates to Napier Street Facility
- 2003 Lower Mainland Camping Bureau society is dissolved, becomes program of Christmas Bureau
- 2008 LMCB moves to Pandora Street location
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