BC Archives announced that the annual release of death (2002) and marriage (1947) records from the BC Statistics Vital Agency is expected this May.
If the provincial archives follows last year’s timing, we should soon the digitized records online during the first week of June.
British Columbia birth, marriage and death records can be searched in the provincial archives’ online Genealogy section.
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. Until next year, researchers will have to be satisfied with the online birth records from 1854 to 1903.
