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British Columbia Crown Agency
Registry
Crown Agencies Resource Office Ministry of Finance
August 2016
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Service Delivery
Crown
Corporations
(separate legal entity)
Government funded,
deliver goods and/or
services based on
government policy
(e.g., BC Housing,
Industry Training Authority)
SUCH Sector
Organizations
(separate legal entity)
School Districts,
Universities, Colleges,
Health Organizations
(e.g., Langara College,
University of BC,
Fraser Health Authority)
Advisory Boards
(not separate legal entity)
Statutory/non-statutory
boards appointed by
government to provide
advisory services to
Ministers
(e.g., BC Progress Board,
BC Arts Council)
Tribunals
(may or may not be
separate legal entities)
Statutory bodies that
exercise adjudicative
functions independent of
government
(e.g., BC Human Rights
Tribunal, BC Utilities
Commission)
Crown Agencies within the Government Reporting Entity
Commercial
Crown
Corporations
(separate legal entities)
Deliver goods and services
on a commercial, for profit
basis
(e.g., BC Hydro
Insurance Corporation of BC,
BC Lottery Corporation)
The Crown Agencies Resource Office (CARO), Ministry of Finance, maintains a registry of British Columbia’s Crown Corporations and Such Sector Organizations. These are public sector organizations, other than ministries, within the Province of BC government reporting entity. These organizations are administered at varying levels of independence from government, but are within government’s ultimate control under standards defined by the Canadian Public Sector Accounting Board Handbook. The financial and legal tests for control include, but are not limited to, government’s appointment or removal of a majority of the Board, holding the majority of shares, access to assets, or responsibly for obligations.
Commercial Crown Corporations Commercial Crown corporations are separate legal entities that deliver goods and services on a commercial, for profit basis.
Service Delivery Crown Corporations Service Delivery Crown corporations are separate legal entities that deliver goods and / or services based on government policies, and the majority receive government funding.
SUCH Sector Organizations SUCH Sector Organizations are separate legal entities including School Districts, Universities, Colleges and Health Authorities (SUCH) that receive government appropriations and collect some fees for services.
Advisory Boards Advisory Boards are not separate legal entities from Ministries and are subject to the financial and administrative accountability mechanisms that apply to Ministry branches and programs. Statutory and non-statutory boards provide advisory services to Ministers and/or government.
Tribunals Tribunals are created by statute to exercise adjudicative functions independent of government, but are subject to the financial and administrative accountability mechanisms that apply to Ministry branches and programs. Tribunals may or may not be separate legal entities.
The Registry is organized in two ways:
by Classification and by Minister Responsible.
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COMMERCIAL CROWN CORPORATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES
BC Hydro and Power Authority
Active Subsidiaries o BCHPA Captive Insurance Company Ltd. o Columbia Hydro Constructors Ltd. o Fauquier Water and Sewerage Corporation o Hydro Monitoring (Alberta) Inc. o Powerex Corp. o Powertech Labs Inc. o Tongass Power and Light Company o Waneta Holdings (US) Inc.
Inactive Subsidiaries o BCH Services Asset Corp o British Columbia Hydro International Limited o British Columbia Power Exchange Corporation o British Columbia Power Export Corporation o British Columbia Transmission Corporation o Burton Water Corporation o Columbia Estate Company Limited o Edgewood Water Corporation o Edmonds Centre Developments Limited o Victoria Gas Company Limited o West Robson Water Corporation
BC Liquor Distribution Branch
BC Lottery Corporation
o BC Lottotech International Inc.
Columbia Power Corporation
Joint Ventures o Arrow Lakes Power Corporation o Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation o Brilliant Power Corporation o Waneta Expansion Power Corporation
Insurance Corporation of BC
Active Subsidiaries o 596961 B.C. Ltd
o 0866691 B.C. Ltd.
o 0869391 B.C. Ltd.
o 0879948 B.C. Ltd.
o 0881157 B.C. Ltd.
o 2050376 Ontario Ltd.
o 1141268 Alberta Ltd.
o 1263146 Alberta Ltd.
o 1394626 Alberta Ltd.
o 1467288 Alberta Ltd.
o 1476459 Alberta Ltd.
o 1486186 Alberta Ltd.
o 1535992 Alberta Ltd.
o 1575160 Alberta Ltd.
o 1611527 Alberta Ltd.
o 1648020 Alberta Ltd.
o 1662170 Alberta Ltd.
o 1672904 Alberta Ltd.
o 1685611 Alberta Ltd.
o 1688141 Alberta Ltd.
o 1746615 Alberta Ltd.
o 1796824 Alberta Ltd.
o 2091053 Ontario Ltd.
o 2091979 Ontario Ltd.
o 2134529 Ontario Ltd.
o 2140940 Ontario Ltd.
o 2154855 Ontario Ltd.
o 2159355 Ontario Ltd.
o 2166025 Ontario Ltd.
o 2176758 Ontario Ltd.
o 2209079 Ontario Ltd.
o 2210344 Ontario Ltd.
o 2225888 Ontario Ltd.
o 2228366 Ontario Ltd.
o 2232027 Ontario Ltd.
o 2272811 Ontario Ltd.
o 2272807 Ontario Ltd.
o 2277479 Ontario Ltd.
o 2306519 Ontario Ltd.
o 2309092 Ontario Ltd.
o 2329075 Ontario Ltd.
o 2353777 Ontario Ltd.
o 1884419 Alberta Ltd.
o 1930933 Alberta Ltd.
o 2468434 Ontario Ltd.
o 2496976 Ontario Ltd.
o 1675938 Alberta Ltd.
Inactive Subsidiary o Surrey City Centre Mall Ltd.
Transportation Investment Corporation
Note: Crown corporation subsidiaries are italicized in the above list
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SERVICE DELIVERY CROWN CORPORATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES
BC Assessment Authority
BC Games Society BC
BC Housing Management
Commission
BC Immigrant Investment
Fund Ltd.
o B.C. Renaissance Capital
Fund Ltd.
BC Pavilion Corporation
BC Securities Commission
BC Transit
Active Subsidiaries o 0915866 BC Ltd. o 0922667 BC Ltd. o 0925406 BC Ltd. o 0928624 BC Ltd.
Inactive Subsidiaries o TBC Vehicle Management
Inc. o TBC Operations Inc. o TBC Properties Inc.
BC Transportation
Financing Authority
British Columbia Council for
International Education
British Columbia Innovation
Council
British Columbia Public
School Employers’
Association
Columbia Basin Trust
o Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation
o CBT Commercial Finance Corp.
o CBT Real Estate Investment Corp.
o CBT Energy Inc. o CBT Arrow Lakes Power
Development Corp. o CBT Brilliant Expansion
Power Corp. o CBT Power Corp. o CBT Waneta Expansion
Power Corp. o CBT Property Corp.
Joint Ventures o Arrow Lakes Power
Corporation o Brilliant Expansion Power
Corporation o Brilliant Power
Corporation o Waneta Expansion Power
Corporation
Community Living BC
Community Social Services
Employers’ Association of
British Columbia
Creston Valley Wildlife
Management Authority
Crown Corporation
Employers’ Association
Destination BC
First Peoples' Cultural
Council
Forestry Innovation Investment
Ltd.
o FII Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. o 0939031 B.C. Ltd. o FII Consulting India Private
Limited
Health Employers Association of
British Columbia
Industry Training Authority
Knowledge Network Corporation
o Knowledge-West
Communications Corporation
(joint venture)
Legal Services Society
Nechako-Kitimaat Development
Fund Society
Oil and Gas Commission
Organized Crime Agency of British
Columbia
Partnerships BC Inc.
Private Career Training
Institutions Agency
Provincial Rental Housing
Corporation
Post-Secondary Employers’
Association
Provincial Capital Commission
Royal BC Museum Corporation
Trades Training Consortium of
British Columbia
Note: Crown corporation subsidiaries are italicized in the above list
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SCHOOL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
Abbotsford
Alberni
Arrow Lakes
Boundary
Bulkley Valley
Burnaby
Campbell River
Cariboo-Chilcotin
Central Coast
Central-Okanagan
Chilliwack
Coast Mountains
Comox Valley
Conseil scolaire francophone
Coquitlam
Cowichan Valley
Delta
Fort Nelson
Fraser-Cascade
Gold Trail
Greater Victoria
Gulf Islands
Haida Gwaii
Kamloops-Thompson
Kootenay Lake
Kootenay-Columbia
Langley
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Mission
Nanaimo-Ladysmith
Nechako Lake
New Westminster
Nicola-Similkameen
Nisga'a
North Okanagan-Shuswap
North Vancouver
Okanagan-Similkameen
Okanagan-Skaha
Peace River North
Peace River South
Powell River
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Qualicum
Quesnel
Revelstoke
Richmond
Rocky Mountain
Saanich
Sea to Sky
Sooke
South East Kootenay
Stikine
Sunshine Coast
Surrey
Vancouver
Vancouver Island North
Vancouver Island West
Vernon
West Vancouver
April 2013 – Information about School Boards of Trustees taken from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/apps/imcl/imclWeb/DistrictOffice.do
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UNIVERSITIES / COLLEGES
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Camosun College
Capilano University
College of New Caledonia
College of the Rockies
Douglas College
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Justice Institute of British Columbia
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Langara College
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
North Island College
Northern Lights College
Northwest Community College
Okanagan College
Royal Roads University
Selkirk College
Simon Fraser University
Thompson Rivers University
University of British Columbia
University of Northern British Columbia
University of the Fraser Valley
University of Victoria
Vancouver Community College
Vancouver Island University
HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS
BC Clinical and Shared Services Society
British Columbia Emergency Health Services
Canadian Blood Services
Fraser Health Authority
Interior Health Authority
Louis Brier Home and Hospital
Menno Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
First Nations Health Authority
Nisga'a Valley Health Authority
Northern Health Authority
Providence Health Care
Provincial Health Services Authority
St. Joseph's General Hospital
St. Michael's Centre
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Vancouver Island Health Authority
*As per Public Accounts 2012/13 for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2013
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TRIBUNALS
Agricultural Land Commission
BC Review Board
BC Utilities Commission
Building Code Appeal Board
Community Care and Assisted
Living Appeal Board
Discipline and Professional
Conduct Board
Employment and Assistance
Appeal Tribunal
Employment Standards
Tribunal
Environmental Appeal Board
Farm Industry Review Board
Financial Institutions
Commission
Financial Services Tribunal
Forest Appeals Commission
Forest Practices Board
Health Care Practitioners
Special Committee for Audit
Hearings
Health Professions Review
Board
Hospital Appeal Board
Human Rights Tribunal
Industry Training Appeal
Board
Labour Relations Board
Mental Health Review Board
Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal
Passenger Transportation
Board
Property
Assessment Appeal Board
Property Assessment Review
Panels
Safety Standards Appeal
Board
Surface Rights Board
Workers’ Compensation
Appeal Tribunal
ADVISORY BOARDS
Aboriginal Business and
Investment Council
Accounting Policy Advisory
Committee
Audit Council of the Auditor
General for Local
Government
BC Arts Council
BC Council on Admissions
and Transfer
BC Jobs and Investment
Board
BC Patient Safety and Quality
Council
BC Teachers’ Council
Board of Examiners
Building Policy Advisory
Committee
Data Stewardship
Committee
Degree Quality Assessment
Board
Drug Benefit Council
Electoral Boundaries
Commission
Employment Program (BC)
Advisory Panels (including
Expert panel on Specialized
Populations)
Forensic Psychiatric Services
Commission
Independent School Teacher
Certification Committee
Insurance Council of BC
Judicial Council of the
Provincial Court of BC
Minister’s Advisory Council
on Aboriginal Women
Minister’s Council on
Tourism
Muskwa-Kechika Advisory
Board
Multicultural Advisory
Council of BC
Patient Care Quality Review
Boards
Provincial Child Care Council
Small Business Roundtable
Student Aid BC Program
Appeal Committee
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Ministry Office of the Premier – N/A
Ministry Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns First Peoples’ Cultural Council
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards Minister’s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women
Ministry Advanced Education
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns British Columbia Council for International Education
Private Career Training Institutions Agency
SUCH Sector Organizations See Universities and Colleges, Page 6
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards BC Council on Admissions and Transfers
Degree Quality Assessment Board
Student Aid BC Program Appeal Committee
Ministry Agriculture Commercial Crowns
N/A
Service Delivery Crowns N/A
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Agricultural Land Commission
Farm Industry Review Board
Advisory Boards N/A
Ministry Children and Family Development
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns N/A
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards Provincial Child Care Council
Ministry Community, Sport and Cultural Development
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Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns BC Assessment Authority
BC Games Society
Provincial Capital Commission
Royal BC Museum
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Property Assessment Appeal Board
Property Assessment Review Panels
Advisory Boards Audit Council of the Auditor General for Local Government
BC Arts Council
Board of Examiners
Ministry Education
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns N/A
SUCH Sector Organizations See list of School Boards of Trustees on Page 5
Tribunals Discipline and Professional Conduct Board
Advisory Boards BC Teachers’ Council
Employment Program (BC) Advisory Panels (including Expert panel
on Specialized Populations)
Independent School Teacher Certification Committee
Ministry Energy, Mines and
Minister Responsible for Core Review
Commercial Crowns BC Hydro and Power Authority
Columbia Power Corporation
Service Delivery Crowns Columbia Basin Trust
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards N/A
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Ministry Environment
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns N/A
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards N/A
Ministry Finance
Commercial Crowns BC Lottery Corporation
Service Delivery Crowns BC Securities Commission
British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association
Community Social Services Employers’ Association
Crown Corporation Employers’ Association
Health Employers Association of British Columbia
Pacific Carbon Trust
Partnerships BC Inc.
Post-Secondary Employers’ Association
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Financial Institutions Commission
Financial Services Tribunal
Advisory Boards Accounting Policy Advisory Committee
Insurance Council of BC
Ministry Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Forest Practices Board
Advisory Boards Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board
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Ministry Health
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns N/A
SUCH Sector Organizations See Health Organizations, Page 6
Tribunals Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board
Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit
Health Professions Review Board
Hospital Appeal Board
Mental Health Review Board
Advisory Boards BC Patient Safety and Quality Council
Data Stewardship Committee
Drug Benefit Council
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission
Patient Care Quality Review Boards
Ministry International Trade and Responsible for
Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns BC Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd.
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards Multicultural Advisory Council of BC
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Ministry Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and
Minister Responsible for Labour
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns Destination BC
Industry Training Authority
Nechako-Kitimaat Development Fund Society
Trades Training Consortium of British Columbia
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Employment Standards Tribunal
Industry Training Appeal Board
Labour Relations Board
Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal
Advisory Boards Aboriginal Business and Investment Council
BC Jobs and Investment Board
Minister’s Council on Tourism
Small Business Roundtable
Ministry Justice
Commercial Crowns Liquor Distribution Branch
Service Delivery Crowns Legal Services Society
Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals BC Review Board
BC Utilities Commission
Environmental Appeal Board
Forest Appeals Commission
Human Rights Tribunal
Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal
Advisory Boards Electoral Boundaries Commission
Judicial Council of the Provincial Court of BC
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Ministry Natural Gas Development and
Responsible for Housing
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns BC Housing Management Commission
Provincial Rental Housing Corporation
Oil and Gas Commission
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Building Code Appeal Board
Safety Standards Appeal Board
Surface Rights Board
Advisory Boards Building Policy Advisory Committee
Ministry Social Development and Social Innovation
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns Community Living BC
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal
Advisory Boards N/A
Ministry Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services
Commercial Crowns N/A
Service Delivery Crowns British Columbia Innovation Council
Knowledge Network Corporation
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals N/A
Advisory Boards N/A
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Ministry Transportation and Infrastructure
Commercial Crowns Insurance Corporation of BC
Transportation Investment Corporation
Service Delivery Crowns BC Pavilion Corporation
BC Transit
BC Transportation Financing Authority
Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd.
SUCH Sector Organizations N/A
Tribunals Passenger Transportation Board
Advisory Boards N/A
The Crown Agencies Resource Office maintains and updates the registry from time to time to ensure ongoing accuracy (updated August 2016)