British Columbia Vital Records

Official registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1872. The early records are incomplete. Information can be found at:

Vital Statistics Agency 818 Fort Street Victoria, BC V8W 1H8 Telephone: 250–952–2681 Fax: 250–952–2587

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9657 STN. PROV. GOVT. Victoria, BC V8W 9P3 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. Internet: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca:9000/sn-4BA3024/gbsearch

Family History Library
Many births, marriages, and deaths are listed in the Master Index Card File, British Columbia (Family History Libraryfilms 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
The following links provide further information:


 * Online Index of Marriages, 1872-1930
 * Online Index of Births, 1872-1903
 * Online Index to Baptisms, 1836-1885
 * Online Index of Deaths, 1872-1985
 * Online Index of Colonial Marriages, 1859-1872