BC Gazette

The British Columbia Gazette is produced by the Queen’s Printer under the authority of the Queen’s Printer Act. The British Columbia Gazette consists of two parts:

BC Gazette, Part 1 is published weekly and includes legal and government notices such as:

Online subscriptions to the Gazette, Part 1 are available on QP LeglalEze. The print version is available from Crown Publications.

BC Gazette, Part 2 publishes all new, repealed and amended regulations deposited under the Regulations Act. Online subscriptions to the Gazette, Part 2 are available on QP LeglalEze. The print versionis normally published every two weeks and is available from Crown Publications.

Note: The Ministry of Finance no longer publishes Corporate Registry Notices of company and extraprovincial filings in The Gazette. Corporate Registry Notices are now available by subscription only on QP LegalEze. Material from January 2003 to the present is included and is fully searchable and printable.

Corporate Registry Notices include:

  • Amalgamations
  • Changes of company name
  • Continuations of companies (in and out of BC)
  • Dissolutions and intent to dissolve
  • Incorporations
  • Intent to cancel registrations
  • Limited restorations
  • Registrations cancelled
  • Registrations
  • Restorations

Restoration Applications for public companies and Registration Notices for co-operatives and societies, continue to be published in The British Columbia Gazette, Part 1.

Subscription Services

Business people use the British Columbia Gazettes to keep informed of changes that affect their business. The Gazettes are available in a fully searchable and printable format, online at QP LegalEze.

QP LegalEze includes back issues as follows:

Gazette Part I – January 2003 to present
Gazette Part II – October 2001 to present
Corporate Registry Notices – January 2003 to present

Hard copies of the BC Gazette Part I and II are available from Crown Publications in Victoria.

Gazette Part I Publishing Guidelines

Notices may be faxed, emailed or mailed to the following contact:

Fax: 250 387-1120
Email: QPGazette@gov.bc.ca
Mailing Address: PO Box 9452 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9V7
Courier Address: 2-563 Superior Street
Victoria BC V8W 1T7
Enquiries Call: toll free 1 800 663-6105
Victoria 387-4191


Notices and advance payment must reach the Queen’s Printer no later than 1:30 pm on the deadline date (see schedule below).

Customers requiring galley proofs must submit copy by 1:30 pm on the Friday before publication (see schedule below).

Payment methods include:  Visa, MasterCard, American Express, certified cheque, company cheque (personal cheques are not accepted) or money order made payable to the Minister of Finance. (see list of insertion rates below).

Where orders contain more than one notice, each will be charged as a separate notice.

Various ministry notices are printed in a format and are priced by the space (page) used, rather than the number of words.  Please contact the BC Gazette Office for additional pricing information prior to sending your notice.

BC Gazette Insertion New Rates (Jan, 2008)

Number of Words
Standard Advertisements
First Insertion
Subsequent Insertion
100
Restorations Estate Notices
$46.74*
$23.37
150
Lost/Land Titles Mining Permits
$55.25
$27.65
200
Disposition of Crown Land
$63.78
$31.90
250
 
$72.27
$36.12
300
 
$80.77
$40.38
350
 
$89.30
$44.61
400
Waste Management
$97.82
$48.89
450
 
$106.27
$53.20
500
 
$114.77
$57.44
For additional word rates please contact the BC Gazette office at 250 387-4191.
*Minimum Charge. Price includes tax.
All prices include one copy of The British Columbia Gazette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BC Gazette Deadlines and Publishing Schedule 2008

Deadline
1:30 p.m. on

For Printing on
For Distribution
Starting
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MAR
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MAY
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JUL
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OCT
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DEC
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JAN 2009
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