Hwlitsum traditional territory and waters are located in the Lower Mainland, Gulf Islands and a portion of Vancouver Island. There are approximately 230 Hwlitsum members.
Hwlitsum has overlapping and/or shared territory with its First Nation neighbours: Cowichan, Halalt, Lyackson, Musqueam, Penelakut, Semiahmoo, Sencot’en, Stz’uminus and Tsawwassen.