BC Ferries – corporate history

Last revised January 25, 2024

The British Columbia Ferry Corporation was established under the British Columbia Ferry Corporation Act, SBC 1976, c.8 effective January 1, 1977 (see BC Reg 556/76).  The Act was renamed the Ferry Corporation Act upon publication in the 1979 Revised Statutes.

As per the British Columbia Ferry Corporation Annual Report 2002-2003:

"On April 2, 2003, the British Columbia Ferry Corporation was converted from a Crown corporation to an independent, regulated company under the Company Act, and renamed British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. This conversion was recognized in the new Coastal Ferry Act [S.B.C. 2003, c.14], which took effect April 1, 2003,and coincidental to this, the Ferry Corporation Act was repealed."