British Columbia Online Historical Directories
* The Stikine Region is not officially classified as a regional district, and is administered directly by the provincial government.
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Victoria City and British Columbia Provincial Directories and Guides, Howard & Barnett, 1863 - Free (Vancouver Public Library)
Pacific Coast Business Directory, Langley, 1867 - Free (Vancouver Public Library)
Victoria City and British Columbia Colony Directories, Mallandaine, 1868 - $ (Ancestry*)
- list of businessmen and professionals in British Columbia begins at image 29
Victoria City and British Columbia Colony Directories, Mallandaine, 1868 - Free (Vancouver Public Library)
Victoria City and British Columbia Colony Directories, Mallandaine, 1869 - $ (Ancestry*)
Victoria City and British Columbia Colony Directories, Mallandaine, 1869 - $ (Vancouver Public Library)
Victoria City and British Columbia Provincial Directories, Mallandaine, 1871 - Free (Vancouver Public Library)
Pacific Coast Directory, Mckenny, 1883-4 - Free (Our Roots)
Vancouver and New Westminster City Directories, Draper, 1890 - Free (Our Roots)
Victoria and Nanaimo City Directories, Williams, 1890 - Free (Our Roots)
British Columbia Provincial Directory, Williams, 1892 - Free (Our Roots)
Rossland Business Directory, Kootenay Publishing Company, 1896-7 - Free (Our Roots)
Vancouver City Directory, Hodgson, 1896 - Free (Our Roots)
- includes Burnaby City Directory and British Columbia Provincial Business Directory
Alaska-Yukon Territory City Directory, Ferguson, Barnes & Baber, 1901 - Free (Family Chronicle)
- transcribed
- includes Atlin, Discovery City,
Manitoba Provincial and Northwest Territorial Directories, Henderson, 1905 - Free (Peel's Prairie Provinces)
- includes Eastern British Columbia
Vancouver Island and Adjacent Islands Directory, Provincial Publishing Company, 1909 - Free (Don's List)
Alaska-Yukon Business Directory, Polk, 1915-16 - Free (USGenWeb)
- includes businesses and workers from Atlin and Discover
- Abstracters - Fish Canners & Packers
- Fish Canners & Packers to Machinery Repairs
- Machinery Sawmill - Restaurants
British Columbia Directory, Wrigley, 1918 - Free (Internet Archive)
- gazetteer, alphabetical, and business directory
British Columbia Directory, Wrigley, 1919 - Free (Internet Archive)
- gazetteer, alphabetical, and business directory
British Columbia Directory, Wrigley, 1920 - Free (Internet Archive)
- gazetteer, alphabetical, and business directory
British Columbia Directory, Wrigley, 1921 - Free (Internet Archive)
- gazetteer, alphabetical, and business directory
British Columbia Directory, Wrigley, 1922 - Free (Internet Archive)
- gazetteer, alphabetical, and business directory
British Columbia and Yukon Directory, unknown, 1935 - Free (Yukon Genealogy)
- part of a searchable Yukon Residents database (transcribed)
British Columbia and Yukon directory, unknown, 1947 - Free (Yukon Genealogy)
- part of a searchable Yukon Residents database (transcribed)
Created 16 May 2009.
Last updated 19 July 2019.
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