British Columbia Vital Records

Official registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1872. The early records are incomplete.

For additional information about vital records in Canada, including research strategies, see Canada Vital Records.

British Columbia information can be found at:

Vital Statistics Agency

818 Fort Street

Victoria, BC V8W 1H8

CANADA

Telephone: 250–952–2681; Fax: 250–952–2587

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 9657

STN. PROV. GOVT.

Victoria, BC V8W 9P3

CANADA

Internet: www.vs.gov.bc.ca

Vancouver Public Library

350 W. Georgia St.

Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1

CANADA

Telephone: 604–331–3740 (newspapers, magazines)

Telephone: 604–331–3710 (history, government, genealogy)

Fax: 604–331–3744

Internet: http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/

http://www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/his/StudyGuides/finding_bc_civil.html

An index is available on the Internet: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-4BA3024/gbsearch

Family History Library[edit | edit source]

Many births, marriages, and deaths are listed in the Master Index Card File, British Columbia Family History Library films 1464497–501.) Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986–7. The original records were filmed at the British Columbia Genealogical Society, Richmond, BC.

Online Indexes[edit | edit source]

The following links provide further information: