British Columbia Crown Agency Registry Crown Agencies Resource Office of Finance August 2016 1
Crown Agencies within the Government Reporting Entity Commercial Crown Corporations (separate legal entities) Deliver goods and services on a commercial, for profit basis Service Delivery Crown Corporations (separate legal entity) Government funded, deliver goods and/or services based on government policy SUCH Sector Organizations (separate legal entity) School Districts, Universities, Colleges, Health Organizations (not separate legal entity) Statutory/non-statutory boards appointed by government to provide advisory services to Ministers (may or may not be separate legal entities) Statutory bodies that exercise adjudicative functions independent of government (e.g., BC Hydro Insurance Corporation of BC, BC Lottery Corporation) (e.g., BC Housing, Industry Training Authority) (e.g., Langara College, University of BC, Fraser Health Authority) (e.g., BC Progress Board, BC Arts Council) (e.g., BC Human Rights Tribunal, BC Utilities Commission) The Crown Agencies Resource Office (CARO), 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. are separate legal entities including School Districts, Universities, Colleges and Health Authorities (SUCH) that receive government appropriations and collect some fees for services. are not separate legal entities from Ministries and are subject to the financial and administrative accountability mechanisms that apply to branches and programs. Statutory and non-statutory boards provide advisory services to Ministers and/or government. are created by statute to exercise adjudicative functions independent of government, but are subject to the financial and administrative accountability mechanisms that apply to branches and programs. may or may not be separate legal entities. The Registry is organized in two ways: by Classification and by Minister Responsible. 2
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 Note: Crown corporation subsidiaries are italicized in the above list 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 3
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 Note: Crown corporation subsidiaries are italicized in the above list 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 4
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 5
UNIVERSITIES / COLLEGES British Columbia Institute of Technology Northwest Community College Camosun College Okanagan College Capilano University Royal Roads University College of New Caledonia Selkirk College College of the Rockies Simon Fraser University Douglas College Thompson Rivers University Emily Carr University of Art and Design University of British Columbia Justice Institute of British Columbia University of Northern British Columbia Kwantlen Polytechnic University University of the Fraser Valley Langara College University of Victoria Nicola Valley Institute of Technology Vancouver Community College North Island College Vancouver Island University Northern Lights College 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 6
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 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 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 BC Patient Safety and Quality Council Judicial Council of the Provincial Court of BC BC Teachers Council Board of Examiners Minister s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women Building Policy Advisory Committee Data Stewardship Committee Degree Quality Assessment Board 7
Office of the Premier Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Service Delivery Crowns First Peoples Cultural Council Minister s Advisory Council on Aboriginal Women Advanced Education Service Delivery Crowns British Columbia Council for International Education Private Career Training Institutions Agency See Universities and Colleges, Page 6 BC Council on Admissions and Transfers Degree Quality Assessment Board Student Aid BC Program Appeal Committee Service Delivery Crowns Agriculture Agricultural Land Commission Farm Industry Review Board Service Delivery Crowns Children and Family Development Provincial Child Care Council Community, Sport and Cultural Development 8
Service Delivery Crowns BC Assessment Authority BC Games Society Provincial Capital Commission Royal BC Museum Property Assessment Appeal Board Property Assessment Review Panels Audit Council of the Auditor General for Local Government BC Arts Council Board of Examiners Service Delivery Crowns Education See list of School Boards of Trustees on Page 5 Discipline and Professional Conduct Board BC Teachers Council Employment Program (BC) Advisory Panels (including Expert panel on Specialized Populations) Independent School Teacher Certification Committee Energy, Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review BC Hydro and Power Authority Columbia Power Corporation Service Delivery Crowns Columbia Basin Trust 9
Service Delivery Crowns Environment Finance 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 Financial Institutions Commission Financial Services Tribunal Accounting Policy Advisory Committee Insurance Council of BC Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Service Delivery Crowns Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority Forest Practices Board Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board 10
Health Service Delivery Crowns See Health Organizations, Page 6 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 BC Patient Safety and Quality Council Data Stewardship Committee Drug Benefit Council Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission Patient Care Quality Review Boards International Trade and Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism Service Delivery Crowns BC Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd. Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. Multicultural Advisory Council of BC 11
Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour Service Delivery Crowns Destination BC Industry Training Authority Nechako-Kitimaat Development Fund Society Trades Training Consortium of British Columbia Employment Standards Tribunal Industry Training Appeal Board Labour Relations Board Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal Aboriginal Business and Investment Council BC Jobs and Investment Board Minister s Council on Tourism Small Business Roundtable Justice Liquor Distribution Branch Service Delivery Crowns Legal Services Society Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia BC Review Board BC Utilities Commission Environmental Appeal Board Forest Appeals Commission Human Rights Tribunal Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal Electoral Boundaries Commission Judicial Council of the Provincial Court of BC 12
Natural Gas Development and Responsible for Housing Service Delivery Crowns BC Housing Management Commission Provincial Rental Housing Corporation Oil and Gas Commission Building Code Appeal Board Safety Standards Appeal Board Surface Rights Board Building Policy Advisory Committee Social Development and Social Innovation Service Delivery Crowns Community Living BC Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal Technology, Innovation and Citizens Services Service Delivery Crowns British Columbia Innovation Council Knowledge Network Corporation 13
Transportation and Infrastructure Insurance Corporation of BC Transportation Investment Corporation Service Delivery Crowns BC Pavilion Corporation BC Transit BC Transportation Financing Authority Rapid Transit Project 2000 Ltd. Passenger Transportation Board The Crown Agencies Resource Office maintains and updates the registry from time to time to ensure ongoing accuracy (updated August 2016) 14