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Business registration in Canada — British Columbia

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

232 matching statutes

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act

    1 provisions

    This Act regulates buying and selling regulated metal, requires registration for metal dealers or recyclers, and gives the registrar and inspectors enforcement powers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Partnership Act

    3 provisions

    This provision defines key partnership terms and sets core rules for partners, firms, and limited partnerships, including duties, rights, liability, dissolution, and filing/registration requirements.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Insurance (Captive Company) Act

    1 provisions

    This Act sets rules for captive insurance companies, including registration, permitted business, naming limits, reporting, solvency standards, inspections, offences, and regulation-making powers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Mortgage Brokers Act

    1 provisions

    This Act requires mortgage brokers and submortgage brokers to register, disclose certain information, follow advertising and recordkeeping rules, and comply with registrar enforcement powers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Small Business Venture Capital Act

    2 provisions

    This Part sets rules for venture capital corporation registration, capital levels, permitted investments, and tax-credit repayment.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Motor Dealer Act

    2 provisions

    This part defines key motor-dealer terms and sets core rules for registration, advertising, payments, inspections, complaints, and compensation-fund repayment.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Employee Investment Act

    2 provisions

    This part sets rules for employee share ownership plans and employee venture capital plans, including registration, required plan terms, investment limits, tax credit applications, and restrictions on how raised funds may be used.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Veterinarians Act

    3 provisions

    This Act sets up the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia, its council, and the registrar, and gives them powers over registration, certification, bylaws, and public records. It also restricts who may practise veterinary medicine or use protected titles.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act

    2 provisions

    This Act requires foreign worker recruiters and employers to be licensed or registered before doing certain recruitment activities, and it sets out conduct rules, recordkeeping, and director enforcement powers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Securities Act

    8 provisions

    This part defines key securities-law terms and gives the commission authority to administer the Act, recognize market entities, and delegate powers, while requiring confidentiality and restricting unrecognized exchange or clearing agency businesses.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Forestry Service Providers Protection Act

    1 provisions

    This Act sets rules for contractor and subcontractor liens and charges over forest products and accounts, and creates a compensation fund for forestry service providers.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Provincial Sales Tax Regulation

    3 provisions

    This regulation sets definitions and tax-calculation rules, and it gives the director and collectors specific powers and duties for tax payment agreements.

    Regulation Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Lobbyists Transparency Act

    2 provisions

    This Act requires lobbyists and designated filers to register and file ongoing disclosure returns, and it restricts certain lobbying conduct.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Societies Act

    6 provisions

    This part sets out what a society is, what it must have, what it must not do, and several filing, records, director, and financial statement rules.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Social Workers Act

    2 provisions

    This part establishes the college and its governance, sets registration and title-use rules for social workers, and creates complaint, inspection, inquiry, and discipline processes.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Legal Services Society Act

    1 provisions

    This Act continues the Legal Services Society, sets its governance and spending rules, and gives it powers to provide and recover legal aid services.

    Act or statute Open & Chat

  • Canada — British Columbia

    Cooperative Association Act

    6 provisions

    This part sets out how cooperative associations are formed and governed, including cooperative-basis requirements, filing documents, membership rules, voting, notices, and name/office rules.

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