They are members of the Island Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).

The Bulldogs were founded as an expansion team in the BCHL based in Burnaby in 1998 and moved to Port Alberni in 2002.

[1] The team was sold to the Port Alberni Junior Hockey Society in 2012, and to Keycorp Sports & Entertainment Ltd in 2019.

[3][4] Source: "Burnaby Bulldogs hockey team statistics and history".

Source: "Alberni Valley Bulldogs hockey team statistics and history".