Lower Mainland
Dental staffing across the Lower Mainland
Cover an open chair anywhere from Vancouver to Chilliwack, or find temp shifts within a commute you would actually accept. Because we match on real travel rather than distance on a map, the crossings that shape this region are built into who sees your shift.
A region shaped like a line, not a circle
The Lower Mainland runs east from the coast along the Fraser for roughly a hundred kilometres. Which bank an office sits on matters as much as how far along the corridor it is.
The Fraser corridor
Coast to ChilliwackSchematic. Spacing is eased for legibility and is not to scale.
The crossings
Why we match on travel, not on distance
Two offices the same distance from a professional’s home can be twenty minutes apart in practice, because one is on the far side of a crossing at half past seven in the morning. A radius drawn on a map would send your shift to people who were never going to come. Matching on the trip they would actually make is what puts it in front of the ones who will.
Lions Gate and Ironworkers Memorial
Vancouver to the North ShoreThe only two road links to North and West Vancouver. A North Shore office draws from a smaller pool than its distance from downtown suggests, because everyone arriving from the south has to use one of two bridges.
Massey Tunnel and Alex Fraser
Richmond and Delta to the southThe southern crossings carry everything heading to Delta, South Surrey and the ferry terminal. They shape which side of the river a professional will realistically accept work on.
Port Mann and Pattullo
Coquitlam and Burnaby to SurreyThe central crossings, and the reason a Surrey office and a Coquitlam office pull from noticeably different pools despite sitting close together on a map.
Golden Ears
Langley to Maple Ridge and Pitt MeadowsThe eastern crossing. It links two areas that would otherwise be an hour apart by road and quietly widens the pool for offices on both banks.
Inside the Lower Mainland
The area splits into Metro Vancouver in the west and the Fraser Valley to its east.
Twenty-one municipalities sharing one labour market and one transit network. Our deepest pool anywhere in the province.
Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Agassiz and Hope. A genuinely different market from the metro: fewer practices spread over more ground, and professionals who are used to driving.
Temp, permanent and dentist placement throughout the Valley. Fewer professionals over more ground, so notice counts for more here than in the metro.
What practices look like here
Lower Mainland questions
How do you decide which professionals see my Lower Mainland shift?
By the distance each professional has told us they are genuinely willing to travel, measured as a real trip rather than a straight line on a map. In this region that matters more than almost anywhere, because crossings decide the commute: an office in Burnaby and an office in Surrey can be twenty kilometres apart and draw from noticeably different pools. Naming your municipality and nearest major route or station is what makes the match work.
Do you cover the Fraser Valley as well as Metro Vancouver?
Yes. We staff both the 21 municipalities of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley communities east of them, including Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack and Agassiz. Coverage is deeper in the metro. In the Valley there are fewer professionals spread over more ground, so giving more notice makes a real difference to who will take the shift.
Can one professional cover offices in several Lower Mainland cities?
Many do, and it is one of the reasons temp work suits people who want variety. A hygienist living centrally can reasonably work across half a dozen municipalities in a month. Where they actually travel is always their decision: they see the office and location before they claim, so nobody is dispatched somewhere they did not agree to.
Who employs the professional on a Lower Mainland placement?
On temp and locum bookings we do. That means we confirm registration in good standing with the BC College of Oral Health Professionals, carry the insurance and run payroll, and the practice gets one invoice at an all-in hourly rate. On a permanent hire the practice is the employer and runs its own registration checks and references.
I am a dental professional based in the Fraser Valley. Is it worth signing up?
Yes, and your willingness to drive is an asset here. Offices in Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack draw from a smaller local pool than metro practices do, so professionals who cover the Valley tend to have their pick of the work. Set your radius honestly and only the shifts you would actually take will reach you.
Whichever side of the chair you are on
Temporary staffing, permanent placement and dentist locum cover throughout the Lower Mainland, for the practices that need people and the professionals who want the work.
For dental offices
Cover the chair, or fill the role
Post an open shift and it reaches professionals for whom the trip to your office is genuinely reasonable, crossings and all, with licensing and payroll handled on every temp booking.
For dental professionals
Pick up the work
Tell us the commute you would actually make and the work comes to you, whether that is one municipality or six.