Login Best Practices

Use these guidelines to ensure your website is consistent with B.C. government login best practices. These recommendations help guide your implementation to make the login process feel seamless and intuitive. It's important that you’re familiar with identity assurance concepts before learning about login best practices. 

Individuals should have a consistent experience when logging in to all B.C. government websites. These best practices cover the most common login scenarios and are based on: 

  • Analysis of existing B.C. government websites
  • Feedback from ministries and agencies that use the B.C. government login website (also known as the common login page)
  • Usability research findings, including input from individuals who have logged in using the B.C. government login website
  • Industry best practices

Credentials

Generally speaking, login credentials are an electronic way to prove who you are – such as a user ID and password. These best practices are focused on the main credentials available in the B.C. government login website:

  • BCeID (Basic, Business, and Personal)
  • BC Services Card
  • IDIR

The Basics

Login Scenarios

These scenarios describe and illustrate how the login process should happen – in some cases, there’s also a link to a demo.

The demos are not "live" examples – they don’t require a login. They are simple web pages that walk you through a login transaction to give you an example of what an individual would experience. You can view the demos on a mobile device or a computer.