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Search and read British Columbia's laws through the King's Printer's CiviX Server API: find statutes and regulations by keyword, browse the library, and get an act, a regulation or a single section as text. No account or API key required.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Browse lawsBrowse the BC Laws library folder by folder: from the A to Z list, into an act's folder with its regulations, point-in-time versions and tables of changes, down to the documents.
Get documentGet a British Columbia act or regulation as text: its title, chapter or regulation number, dates, and its sections with their headings, parts and numbered provisions.
Get sectionGet one section of a British Columbia act or regulation as text, with its heading and numbered provisions.
Search lawsSearch British Columbia's statutes and regulations, best match first, with snippets showing where the words appear and each document's ID and link.

Browse laws

Browse the BC Laws library folder by folder: from the A to Z list, into an act's folder with its regulations, point-in-time versions and tables of changes, down to the documents. No API key required.

Inputs

Folder IDfolder_idtext
The folder to open, as a previous Browse laws or a search result's parent ID gives it. Leave it blank for the top of the collection.
Collectioncollectiontext
Which part of the library the ID belongs to. Search results say; almost everything is in the public statutes and regulations.One of: statreg (Public statutes and regulations), psl (Private, special and local statutes). Default: statreg.

Outputs

collectiontext
The collection: 'statreg' (public statutes and regulations) or 'psl' (private, special and local).
countnumber
How many items were returned.
folder_idtext
The folder that was opened.
itemslist
The folders and documents in it, in order.
Example output
{
  "collection": "statreg",
  "count": 2,
  "folder_id": "01009",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "01009_01",
      "status": null,
      "title": "Drinking Water Protection Act",
      "type": "document",
      "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/01009_01"
    },
    {
      "id": "reg01009",
      "status": null,
      "title": "Regulations",
      "type": "folder",
      "url": null
    }
  ]
}

Get document

Get a British Columbia act or regulation as text: its title, chapter or regulation number, dates, and its sections with their headings, parts and numbered provisions. No API key required.

Inputs

Document IDdocument_idtextRequired
The act's or regulation's BC Laws ID, as Search laws and Browse laws return it, e.g. 01009_01 for the Drinking Water Protection Act.
Collectioncollectiontext
Which part of the library the ID belongs to. Search results say; almost everything is in the public statutes and regulations.One of: statreg (Public statutes and regulations), psl (Private, special and local statutes). Default: statreg.
Number of sectionsmax_sectionsnumber
How many sections to return, from the start, 1 to 500. Defaults to 50.From 1 to 500. Default: 50.

Outputs

amendments_notetext
A regulation's note on its latest amendment, e.g. '[Last amended October 27, 2025 by B.C. Reg. 168/2025]'.
assented_totext
When an act received royal assent, e.g. 'April 11, 2001'.
chaptertext
An act's chapter number.
collectiontext
The collection: 'statreg' (public statutes and regulations) or 'psl' (private, special and local).
countnumber
How many sections were returned.
depositedtext
When a regulation was deposited.
document_idtext
The document's ID.
document_typetext
What it is, as BC Laws labels it: 'act', 'regulation', or another kind such as a table of changes.
enabling_acttext
The act a regulation is made under.
regulation_numbertext
A regulation's number, e.g. '200/2003'.
section_countnumber
How many sections the document has.
sectionslist
The sections, in order.
titletext
The act's or regulation's title.
truncatedtrue/false
True when the document has more sections than were returned.
urltext
The document on the BC Laws website.
year_enactedtext
The year an act was enacted.
Example output
{
  "amendments_note": null,
  "assented_to": "April 11, 2001",
  "chapter": "9",
  "collection": "statreg",
  "count": 1,
  "deposited": null,
  "document_id": "01009_01",
  "document_type": "act",
  "enabling_act": null,
  "regulation_number": null,
  "section_count": 55,
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Relationship with other Acts",
      "number": "2",
      "part": "Part 1 \u2013 Introductory Provisions",
      "text": "(1) The authority that is provided under this Act is in addition to and does not restrict authority provided under any other enactment that may be used to protect drinking water.\n(2) Nothing in this Act affects the powers, duties and functions of a medical health officer under the Public Health Act or any other enactment."
    }
  ],
  "title": "Drinking Water Protection Act",
  "truncated": true,
  "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/01009_01",
  "year_enacted": "2001"
}

Get section

Get one section of a British Columbia act or regulation as text, with its heading and numbered provisions. A section the document does not have comes back with 'found' set to false rather than failing the step. No API key required.

Inputs

Document IDdocument_idtextRequired
The act's or regulation's BC Laws ID, as Search laws and Browse laws return it, e.g. 01009_01 for the Drinking Water Protection Act.
SectionsectiontextRequired
The section number, e.g. 5, 12.1 or 3a.
Collectioncollectiontext
Which part of the library the ID belongs to. Search results say; almost everything is in the public statutes and regulations.One of: statreg (Public statutes and regulations), psl (Private, special and local statutes). Default: statreg.

Outputs

collectiontext
The collection: 'statreg' (public statutes and regulations) or 'psl' (private, special and local).
document_idtext
The document's ID.
foundtrue/false
Whether the document has this section. When false, heading and text are empty.
headingtext
The section's heading.
numbertext
The section number.
texttext
The section's text, one provision per line with its number in front, e.g. '(1) The minister may...', and nested provisions indented.
urltext
The document on the BC Laws website.
Example output
{
  "collection": "statreg",
  "document_id": "01009_01",
  "found": true,
  "heading": "Drinking water advisory committees",
  "number": "5",
  "text": "(1) The minister may, after consultation with the Provincial health officer, establish an advisory committee to provide advice and recommendations with respect to drinking water matters referred to the committee by the minister.\n(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the minister may establish an advisory committee to provide advice and recommendations respecting standards and requirements to be established under this Act.",
  "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/01009_01"
}

Search laws

Search British Columbia's statutes and regulations, best match first, with snippets showing where the words appear and each document's ID and link. Quote words to search a phrase. No API key required.

Inputs

Search forquerytextRequired
Words to find. Put a phrase in quotes, e.g. "drinking water".
Skipoffsetnumber
How many results to skip, for the next page. Defaults to 0.At least 0. Default: 0.
Number of resultslimitnumber
How many results to return, from 1 to 100.From 1 to 100. Default: 20.
Snippets per resultfragmentsnumber
How many snippets to return per result, 1 to 9.From 1 to 9. Default: 3.
Snippet lengthfragment_lengthnumber
Roughly how long each snippet is, 20 to 199 characters.From 20 to 199. Default: 100.

Outputs

countnumber
How many results were returned.
offsetnumber
How many results were skipped.
querytext
The words searched for.
resultslist
The matching documents, best first.
totalnumber
How many documents matched in all.
Example output
{
  "count": 1,
  "offset": 0,
  "query": "drinking water",
  "results": [
    {
      "collection": "statreg",
      "document_id": "01009_01",
      "location": "-- D --/Drinking Water Protection Act [SBC 2001] c. 9/00_01009_01.xml",
      "parent_id": "01009",
      "rank": 1,
      "snippets": [
        "... Drinking Water Protection Act ...",
        "... Water Sustainability Act ; ..."
      ],
      "status": null,
      "title": "Drinking Water Protection Act",
      "url": "https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/01009_01"
    }
  ],
  "total": 944
}

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