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Court Records

Online Records

• Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968
• SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Victoria Court Registry, Orders Issued in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1877-1931
• JUSTICE OF PEACE LIST, 1877
• JUSTICE OF PEACE LIST, 1889
• Prisons of British Columbia for the Year Ending 31st October 1884

Royal British Columbia Museum (Provincial Archives)

• Guide to Court Records at the BC Archives

Online search tips: To determine what records we have for a particular location or registry, use the Advanced Search option for Textual Records (http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn5182D60/advsearch/TextualRecords). In the title field enter the location of the court and the word “court”, e.g.

Royal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC V8W 9W2
Canada

1-250-356-7226
1-888-447-7977
reception@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Court Services

The British Columbia Headquarters of Court Services address is:

Headquarters of Court Services Branch
Ministry of Attorney General
6th Floor, 850 Burdette Avenue
Victoria, BC V8W 1B4
CANADA
Telephone: 250–356–1538
Fax: 250–356–8152 or 250–356–9758
Website

Searches can be made from their website.