British Columbia Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links

One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.  

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and often scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.

There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see: ​

• 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
• 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
• 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information

The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online.

Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

Note: There are obituary record indexes included, but are only listed if the index contains the death date, not just the date of publication of the obituary.

(Updated December 2020)

General Canada

• Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
• Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955
• Canada Marriages, 1661-1949
• Canada Miscellaneous Marriages
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police Obituary Card Index and Notices, 1876-2007

British Columbia

• BC Archives – Births, Marriages, and Deaths 
• BC Newspapers Birth, Marriage, and Death Extracts, 1861 to 1875
• British Columbia Birth Registrations, 1854-1903
• British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993
• British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938
• British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1987-1997
• British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1992
• British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1937
• British Columbia, Pre-confederation Marriage Records, 1859-1872
• British Columbia, Registrations of Marriage, 1943
• British Columbia, Birth Registrations, 1872-1903 (for Birth years, 1854-1903); Delayed Birth Registrations for Birth years, 1869-1903;, Delayed Birth Registrations for Birth years, 1859-1903;  Delayed Registrations of Indian Births, 1868-1903
• British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1872-1936; Index, 1872-1921, Original Indexes for Brides, 1872-1942, and Grooms, 1872-1939; Indian Marriages, 1917-1936
• Canadian Deaths and Obits – British Columbia (scroll to top)
• Comox Valley Births, Marriages, and Deaths
• Kamloops Funeral Records, Index 1888-1974
• Kamloops, Newspaper Surname and Subject Card Index, 1880-1970
• Kelowna & District Genealogical Society Death and Obituary Index 
• Marriages Index
• Mennonite Brethren Herald Death and Obituary Index -1961-2010
• Parksville – Qualicum Beach Marriages 1948 – 1994
• Parksville/Qualicum Deaths and Obituaries 1948 to 1994 
• Pre-confederation Marriage records 1859-1872
• Vancouver Island Marriages
• Vancouver, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Church Records, 1911-1969
• Victoria Death Notices Index 1901-1939
• Victoria Marriage Notices Index 1901-1939
• Victoria Newspaper Index, 1858-1936
• Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939
• Victoria, Church of England in Canada. Christ Church Cathedral, Birth, Marriage, and Death Information clipped from the Victoria times newspaper, 1901-1939]
• Victoria, Church of England in Canada. Christ Church Cathedral, Parish Registers, 1836-1905

Check out the links for other provinces on the BMD Records page.