List Of British Columbia Government Agencies And Crown Corporations
Crown Agencies and Corporations in British Columbia are overseen, as a whole, by the Crown Agencies Secretariat within the Office of the Premier. However, certain Crown Corporations do report directly to a specific Minister of the Crown in British Columbia.
The following is a list of Crown Agencies and Corporations in British Columbia:
- Agricultural Land Reserve Commission
- BC Assessment Authority
- BC Games Society
- BC Housing Management Commission (BC Housing)
- BC Hydro
- BC Innovation Council
- BC Lottery Corporation
- BC Pavilion Corporation ('PavCo')
- BC Railway Company (operations and assets now privatized though shell company still exists)
- BC Securities Commission
- BC Transmission Corporation
- BC Transit
- British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Columbia Basin Trust
- Columbia Power Corporation
- Community Living British Columbia
- Environmental Assessment Office
- First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council
- Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
- Homeowner Protection Office
- Industry Training Authority
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Legal Services Society
- Liquor Distribution Branch
- Oil and Gas Commission
- Open Learning Agency
- Partnerships BC
- Provincial Capital Commission
- Royal BC Museum
- Tourism British Columbia
- Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project Ltd.
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