Diocese of British Columbia Diocese of British Columbia The Diocese of British Columbia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite the name, the diocese comprises only the 32,630 square kilometres of Vancouver Island and the adjacent Gulf Islands in the civil Province of British Columbia. Its see city is Victoria, and it presently maintains fifty-five parishes serving nearly 13,000 Anglicans. The diocese was established in 1859, and is the oldest in the ecclesiastical province, once extending over the entire civil province of British Columbia, hence the origin of its name. Its first
British Columbia Sheriff Service British Columbia Sheriff Service The British Columbia Sheriff Service (BCSS) is a provincial Law Enforcement agency overseen by the Ministry of the Attorney General in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest law enforcement agency in what is now the Province of British Columbia, Serving since 1857. Under the authority of the Criminal Code of Canada, B.C. Police Act & B.C. Sheriff Act they are peace officers with authority to enforce all federal and provincial acts throughout British Columbia while in the execution of their duties. BC Sheriffs provide protection and enforcement duties in support of the