The BC Archives expects to receive from the BC Vital Statistics Agency at the end of March the annual release of death (1999) and marriage (1944) records.
Once the provincial archives receives the records, they will immediately begin the work to make them accessible online.
The new death and marriage records should be on the BC Archives website by this summer, barring any delays receiving the documents or technical problems uploading the data.
While waiting, you can research births (1854-1903), marriages (1872-1943), deaths (1872-1998), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888) on the BC Archives website — and then wonder why all provinces don’t provide the same type of content on their websites.
The next time a new collection of BC birth registrations will be released is 2024 — 120 years after the 1904 births were registered. In 2004, the British Columbia Vital Statistics Act added an extra 20 years to the release of births, extending it to 120 years.
