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Form B Information Certificate

Also known as: Form B · Strata Form B · Information Certificate

A statutory information certificate issued by a BC strata corporation for a strata-lot sale, capped at $35 (Form B itself) under s. 4.4 of the Strata Property Regulation (BC Reg 43/2000).

The Form B Information Certificate is required for every BC strata sale. It is issued by the strata corporation (or its property manager) within 7 days of a written request and discloses key strata facts: monthly strata fees, special levies in effect, agreements affecting the strata lot, parking and storage allocations, and the most recent depreciation report.

The fee for the Form B itself is capped at $35 under s. 4.4 of the Strata Property Regulation (BC Reg 43/2000), the regulation made under the Strata Property Act.

A common confusion: the same regulation, s. 4.2(1) of BC Reg 43/2000, sets a separate 25-cent-per-page maximum for copies of OTHER strata documents the corporation is required to provide on request (bylaws, financial statements, AGM/SGM minutes, etc.). The $35 Form B cap and the $0.25/page rate are both fee maxima set by regulation; they apply to different documents and should not be conflated.

From phased dates in 2026 (Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, and Capital Regional Districts first; rest of BC later), a current depreciation report must accompany Form B.

Related terms

  • Bill 44 (2022): Strata Reform — BC legislation effective November 24, 2022 that voided all strata rental-restriction bylaws and limited strata age-restriction bylaws to 55+ only.
  • Depreciation Report — A reserve study that BC strata corporations of five or more residential units must obtain every five years.
  • Strata Bylaws — The rules a BC strata writes for itself under the Strata Property Act.
  • BC Strata Insurance Crisis (2019-2020) — The sharp run-up in BC strata insurance premiums and deductibles through 2019 and 2020.

See also

Sources: BC Government(3)
Review dates, licence and how to cite this entry
Rule effective
2002-07-01
Last verified
2026-11-05
Next scheduled review
2027-04-09
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  author       = {Job, Bronson},
  title        = {{BC Strata Form B Information Certificate fee}},
  howpublished = {BC Real Estate Codex},
  year         = {2002},
  url          = {https://www.bronsonjob.com/codex#bc.strata.form_b_fee},
  urldate      = {2026-11-05},
  note         = {Fact ID: bc.strata.form_b_fee, version 1.}
}
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