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The Hopeline District Women's Institute was officially incorporated on November 30, 1964 under the Farmers' and Women's Institute Act, 1956 and the Farmers' and Women's Institute Act Amendment Act, 1961. The Institute sought to promote Women's Institutes, facilitate greater cooperation of Women's Institutes particularly I the Fraser Valley area, to raise funds for the Institute to further its aims, and to arrange for District Women's Institute Annual meetings. Representatives from the following Women's Institutes signed the constitution: Ryder Lake, Vedder, Pine Grove, Upper Sumas, Peardonville, Poplar Manor, Hope, Rosedale, and Chilliwack. Prior to this date there were unofficial coalitions of various Women's Institutes within the area. In the late 1990s the Hopeline District Women's Institute and Douglas District Women's Institute began to hold joint meetings and coordinate activities. On April 7, 1998 the Hopeline District Women's Institute and the Douglas District Women's Institute seceded from the British Columbia Women's Institute. At this time, the Women's Community Institute of the Pacific Region was formed.