Missing Persons Act – Reports

Police services in B.C. submit annual reports on emergency demands for records made under the Missing Persons Act. Find current and past reports, organized by year.

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• About the Missing Persons Act
• Reports respecting emergency demands for records

About the Missing Persons Act

The Missing Persons Act came into force on June 9, 2015. It gives police legal tools to access records that may help locate a missing person, including additional measures for:

• Youth
• Vulnerable people
• People at risk

The Act allows a member of a police service to apply to the court for records to help find a missing person. The Act authorizes officers to make an emergency demand for records without going through the court when there is a:

• Risk of serious harm to a missing person
• Concern that records could be destroyed

Section 18 of the Act requires police services to submit an annual report on their use of emergency demands for records. These reports must be:

• Submitted to the Minister or the Minister’s designate
• Made public

Under Ministerial Order No. 353 (PDF, 896KB), police services must submit their reports to the Director of Policing and Law Enforcement Services by February 15 each year.

Reports respecting emergency demands for records

2025

Previous years