Find B.C. government services
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Service BC
Service BC provides front line support for many of the hundreds of programs and services the provincial government offers to residents, businesses and visitors.
FrontCounter BC
Learn about and apply for licences, permits, registrations and other authorizations required to utilize the Province’s natural resources.
Hours and statutory holidays
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Many service centres are closed on statutory holidays. If a statutory holiday falls on a weekend then the next business day may be taken as the holiday. Contact your service centre location before planning a visit to make sure they're open.
Highlighted services
- Affordable Child Care Benefit
- Address Change
- BC Services Card
- Birth, death and marriage registration
- Corporate and personal property
- Disability assistance
- Doing business in B.C.
- Driver Licensing
- Employment Standards
- Fishing or hunting licence
- Gaming, lottery, bingo licence
- How to apply for Persons with Disabilities status
- Income assistance
- Land title search, change and transfer
- Residential Tenancy Branch
- Medical Services Plan (MSP)
- Mineral Titles Online (MTO)
- Organ donor registry
- Provincial taxes
- Property assessment information
- Secure (password) electronic access to gov services
- Service Canada - Government of Canada
- Special Event Permit (liquor)
- Speculation and vacancy tax
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- A Kids' Guide to Separation and Divorce
- Aboriginal Organizations and Services
- Aboriginal Youth Internship Program
- Accompany to Hunt Permit
- Address Change
- Adoption
- Adopt a Waiting Child Search
- Adoption Record
- Adoption Reunion Registry
- Adult Education Upgrading Grants
- Affordable Child Care Benefit
- Affordable Housing Options
- Agricultural Licenses and Forms
- Agriculture Insurance & Income Protection
- AgriService BC
- Ambulance Service Fees
- Animal Health Centre
- Apply online for a driving prohibition review
- Apply to Post-Secondary Institutions
- At Home Program for Children with Disabilities
- Authentication of Documents
- Autism Funding Program
- Autism Information Services of BC
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- B.C. Government Anniversary and Birthday Greetings
- B.C. Identification Card (BCID)
- BC Assessment
- BC Auction
- BC Bid (Bid on Government Contracts)
- BC Energy Regulator Production Levy
- Search BC Bid Resources
- BC Bus Pass Program
- BC Codes
- BC Ferries
- BC Geographical Names Search
- BC Home Flipping Tax
- BC Human Rights Tribunal
- BC Laws
- BC Online (Government Services Online)
- BC Registries and Online Services
- BC Services Card
- BC Stats
- BC Timber Sales
- BC Transplant
- BCeID (ID for Online Government Services)
- Birth, death and marriage registration
- Birth Registration/Order a Birth Certificate
- BizPal (Find Permits and Licences for Your Business)
- Boating Licence
- Body Armour Permits and Permit Exemptions
- Building Code Appeal Board Decisions – Search Tool
- Business Registry
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- Campfire, Open Burning and Forest Use Restrictions
- Camping Reservations
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - Government of Canada
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) - Government of Canada
- Cash and Carry Sales
- ChildcareBC Support and Services
- Child Care Resource and Referral Office
- Child Care Services Search
- Child Support Payment Orders
- Civil Resolution Tribunal - small claims
- Civil Resolution Tribunal - strata disputes
- Commercial Vehicle Permits Online
- Commissioners for Taking Affidavits
- Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education (CORE)
- Corporate & personal property (registration or lien)
- Court Fines
- Court Registry
- Criminal Record Checks
- Crown Publications
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- Economic Development Funding & Grants Search
- Electric Vehicles in HOV Lanes Permits
- Elections BC Online Voter Registration
- Emergency Preparedness Information
- Employment Insurance (EI) - Government of Canada
- Employment Standards
- Employment and Labour Market Services
- Enquiry BC - Service BC
- Export your Goods and Services
- Search for Organizations Offering External Credentials
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- Fair PharmaCare Registration Status
- Family Justice Centres
- Family Justice Counsellors in Family Justice Centres
- Family Law Act (FLA) Application
- Search for Family & Social Supports Services
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
- Farm Practice Complaint Decisions – Search Tool
- Filming on a Highway Permits
- Find Your Fit (Career Exploration Tour for Youth)
- First Nations Property Taxation
- Fishing Guide Licence
- Fishing or Hunting Licence
- Food Safety Training
- Forest Revenue
- Forest Revenue Audit Program
- Forestry Worker Bridging to Retirement Application
- Forestry Worker Job Placement Application
- Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests
- Freshwater Fishing Licence
- FrontCounter BC (Fish and Wildlife)
- FrontCounter BC (for Natural Resource Businesses)
- Search for Funding Opportunities
- Search Funding Support under Official Languages in Education Protocol
- Fundraising: Lottery, Raffle Ticket and Bingo Licences
- Funding opportunities from the B.C. government
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- Handydart/Handicapped Bus Service
- HealthLinkBC: 24-hour health information
- HealthLinkBC: Dietitian Services
- HealthLinkBC: Toll-Free Health Line
- Helpline for Children
- Highway Event Permits
- Highway Use Permits
- Highway Use Permits – Cattle Drives
- Highway Use Permits – Commercial Access
- Highway Use Permits – Events
- Highway Use Permits – Exploratory Surveys
- Highway Use Permits – Fencing Gates and Cattle Guards
- Highway Use Permits – Filming
- Highway Use Permits – Highway Access
- Highway Use Permits – Residential and Agricultural Access
- Highway Use Permits – Resource and Industrial Access
- Highway Use Permits – Sidewalks and Landscaping
- Highway Use Permits – Signs
- Highway Use Permits - Special Events
- Highway Use Permits – Structural Setbacks & Encroachment
- Highway Use Permits – Utilities
- Highway Use Permits – Works
- Home Owner Grant
- How to apply for Persons with Disabilities status
- Hunter Guide Outfitters Licence
- Hunting Licence
- Hydro
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- ICBC: Motor Vehicle Registration and License
- ID/Health Card/Driver's Licence
- Income Assistance
- Income Assistance - Manage your claim (My Self Serve)
- Income Assistance: Assessment & Application Tool
- Income Tax (Corporate)
- Income Tax (Personal)
- Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC)
- Insurance Premium Tax
- Intellectual Property
- Interactive Geospatial Map
- Interjurisdictional Support Orders
- International Business Activity
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- Manufactured Home Registry
- Marriage Certificate
- Marriage Commissioners
- Marriage Licence
- Medical Services Plan: Add/Remove a Family Member
- Medical Services Plan: B.C. Residents
- Medical Services Plan: Group Plan Administrators
- Medical Services Plan: Change My Information
- Medical Services Plan: Premium Assistance Application
- Medical Services Plan: Status and Inuit Benefits
- Medical Services Plan: Temporary Premium Assistance
- Medical Services Plan/Health Insurance BC
- Mental Health and Substance Use Supports in B.C.
- Metal Recycling
- Mine Inspection Fee
- Mineral Land Tax
- Mineral Tax
- Mineral Titles Disputes and Complaints
- Mineral Titles Online
- Mobile Business Licence
- Motor Fuel Tax and Carbon Tax
- Municipal and Regional District Tax
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- Parenting After Separation (PAS) courses
- Passenger Transportation Permits
- Passenger Transportation (Commercial) Temporary Operating Permit
- Passports - Government of Canada
- Pay for an electronic Traffic Violation Ticket – PayBC
- Pay a Ministry of Children & Families Receivable (PayBC)
- Pay Application fee for Immediate Roadside Prohibition (PayBC)
- Pension Information for Public Sector Employees
- Pension Standards for Employment Pension Plans
- PharmaCare (Help with the cost of prescriptions)
- Plant Health Laboratory
- Proclamations
- Property Assessment Appeal Board
- Property Assessment Information
- Property Assessment Review Panel
- Property Tax Deferment
- Property Taxes
- Property Transfer Tax
- Protection Orders
- Protection Order Registry
- Provincial Court
- Provincial Sales Tax
- Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C.
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- Receivables Management Office and Revenue Services of British Columbia
- Recreation Sites and Trails
- Regional Fire Danger Ratings
- Residential Construction Disputes
- Residential Tenancy Branch- landlord/tenant relations
- Request a Business or Corporate Name
- Ride Hail (Transportation Network Service) Licence
- RoadSafetyBC
- Royal BC Museum Tickets and Reservations
- Rural Property Tax
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- Sample B.C. Provincial Exams and Keys
- School Tax
- School and School Districts Contacts and Search
- Seafood Industry Licensing
- Seasonal and Heavy Load Restrictions Map
- Secure (password) electronic access to gov services
- Security Business Licence Application
- Security Worker Licence Application
- Service Canada - Government of Canada
- Single Parent Employment Initiative
- Small Business BC
- Small Claims Court
- Social Insurance Number (SIN) - Government of Canada
- Societies Online
- Special Celebration Certificates
- Special Event on a Highway Permits
- Special Event Permit (liquor)
- Species and Ecosystems Information
- Speculation and Vacancy Tax
- Student Learning Performance Summaries
- StudentAidBC
- Student Loan Online Application
- Substance Use and Mental Health Supports in B.C.
- Sub-Surface Resources Disputes and Complaints