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Please note: There are amendments to the Wildlife Act related to guide outfitting that take effect June 15, 2009. Please see the following Questions and Answers document for more information.
Amendments to the Wildlife Act (the "Act") related to Guide Outfitting: Questions and Answers, Prepared for Guide Outfitters and Certificate Holders - June 10, 2009 [PDF 55KB]
To be licenced as a guide outfitter in
British Columbia, you must qualify as follows:
- you must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident
of Canada (i.e., be a landed immigrant).
- you must have public liability insurance applicable
to your business of not less than $2,000,000.00 (see
s.1.01 B.C. Reg. 338/82 as amended by s.3 B.C. Reg.
25/2005).
- you must satisfy the regional fish and wildlife manager
that you have a working knowledge of the Wildlife
Act and the Commercial Activities Regulation,
B.C. Reg. 338/82, Division 1, Guides. To do this you
must complete an exam which tests the individual's knowledge
of relevant components of the Wildlife Act
and regulations, the Wildlife Act Commercial Activities
Regulation and the Hunting and Trapping Regulations
Synopsis. For information about the exam, you may contact
your local Government Agent office or the Fish &
Wildlife Branch in Victoria at 250 387-9725.
- you must have permission of the certificate holder(s).
To be licenced as an assistant guide (game)
in British Columbia, you must qualify as follows:
- you must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident
of Canada,
- you must be 19 years of age of older, and
- have a guide outfitter willing to employ you to guide
hunters in his or her guide area and under his or her
jurisdiction.
Trade, Investment, and Labour Mobility Agreement Between B.C. and Alberta
The administration of hunting guides in
British Columbia is carried out under provisions of the
Wildlife Act and Commercial Activities Regulation
(B.C. Reg. 338/82) and a number of Administrative Procedures.
Some pertinent facts you should be aware of are:
- There are 245 guide outfitters in British Columbia
at present. Each guide outfitter is licenced to guide
resident and non-resident hunters in an exclusive guide
area with clearly defined and legally described boundaries.
The guide areas vary considerably in size and availability
of big game species. Guide outfitters hire about 1100
assistant guides each year, and guide approximately
4,500 hunters in total each year.
- The responsibility for issuing guide outfitter licences and
guide territory certificates lies with the regional
fish and wildlife managers in the 8 wildlife management
regions in the province.
- The guide outfitter licence is issued annually.
Guiding Territory Certificates:
- After June 15, 2009, you do not necessarily have to be a guide to hold a Guiding Territory Certificate.
- To hold a Guiding Territory Certificate, you must be a person or group of people aged 19 years or older who are Canadians or permanent residents of Canada.
- Certificates can only be held by "natural" persons, not corporations.
- Transfer of certificates or an interest in a certificate is subject to approval by a Regional Manager.
The Wildlife Act RS Chap. 488 and the Commercial
Activities Regulation (B.C. Reg. 338/82) will give you
detailed information. To obtain complete copies of these,
contact Crown
Publications Inc.
To make application for a guide outfitter licence, assistant guide outfitter licence or guiding territory certificate, please visit the Permit
and Authorization Service Bureau.
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