BC Registry Application User Guides and Resources
Last updated on September 17, 2026
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For help by email or phone contact:
Login/account set up support
Email: bcrossupport@gov.bc.ca
Toll free: 1-877-370-1033
BC Registry Help Desk
Email: bcregistries@gov.bc.ca
Toll free: 1-877-526-1526
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BC OnLine Help Desk for help with the following services
- BC Assessment
- Business Search
- Court Services Online
- Manufactured Homes Registry
- Personal Property Registry
- Rural Property Tax Search
- Site Registry
- Wills Registry
Email: bcolhelp@gov.bc.ca
Toll free: 1-800-663-6102
How to create and manage a BC Registry application account
Setting up an account
- BC Registry Application User Guide (2.59 MB PDF)
Setting up an account for B.C. government Ministry users
- Ministry government account creation process (421KB PDF)
Checklist for setting up an account for international users (108KB PDF)
BC Registry Application User Guide (2.59 MB PDF)
Ministry government account creation process (421KB PDF)
Setting up an account for international users (108KB PDF)
How to change the payment method (819 KB PDF)
- How to request & register a business name - with a Registries account (1.7MB PDF)
- How to request & register a business name - without a Registries account (963KB PDF)
- How to register a sole proprietorship (1.3MB PDF)
- How to register a general partnership (1.5MB PDF)
- How to find your Name Request (NR) without the NR number (437KB PDF)
- How to File a Cooperative Special Resolution (1.2MB PDF)
- How to File a Benefit Company Name Alteration (1.15MB PDF)
- How to affiliate a business (508 KB PDF)
Business Registry Filing Guides
- How to File a Named Incorporation Application (3.9MB PDF)
- How to File a Change of Directors (3.9MB PDF)
- How to File a Change of Address. (1.9 MB PDF)
- How to File an Annual Report. (1.8 MB PDF)
- How to Submit Officer Information (add, remove, or change). (2.1 MB)
- How to File a Voluntary Dissolution. (2.3MB)
- How to File a Continue Out Application (909 KB PDF)
- How to conduct a Business and Person Search (806KB PDF)
- View the Search Index to know where to search for businesses (105KB PDF)
View tutorials and information on Court Services Online
- How to do a Manufactured Home Registry Search (849KB PDF)
- How to request Qualified Supplier access (568KB PDF)
- How to submit a residential exemption - for approved qualified supplier lawyers or notaries only (727KB PDF)
- How to submit an initial registration - qualified manufacturers only (1.4MB PDF)
- Transfer of ownership due to sale - for approved qualified suppliers lawyers/notaries (2MB PDF)
- Transfer due to death to surviving joint tenants - for approved qualified supplies lawyers/notaries (1MB PDF)
- Transportation application for all qualified suppliers (947KB PDF)
- Completing a search (586 KB PDF)
- PPR search result guide (897 KB PDF)
- Registering a security agreement or lien (888 KB PDF)
- Using the My Registrations table ( 305 KB PDF)
- Adding an existing registration to My Registrations table (video)
- Renewing a registration ( 1,062 KB PDF)
- Discharging a registration (1,091 KBPDF)
- Amending a registration (1,299 KB PDF)
RPT User Guide (491KB PDF)
- Site Registry User Guide (1.3MB PDF)
- View information on the Site Registry webpage
- Wills Registry User Guide (1.5MB PDF)
- See Wills Registry information webpage for further details