Provincial
Premises ID registration
Anyone responsible for even one farm animal must register the place it is kept with BC’s Premises ID program: cattle, bison, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, alpacas and llamas, rabbits, farmed deer, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and other poultry, and honey bees. There is no minimum flock, herd or hive count. It is how the Province finds the farms at risk in a disease outbreak or a flood, and you need it before you can apply for a Farmgate licence or a chicken small-lot permit.
A change is coming
- ID tags and reporting for goats and farmed deer — proposed, no date set; it may not happen. What changes
- Who issues it
- BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food
- Cost
- Free.
- How long
- Register within 30 days of becoming responsible for the animals, and report changes within 30 days.
- Forms and pages
Who needs it
The rules behind this page
- Premises Identification Regulation (B.C. Reg. 125/2022)(ss. 3 and 9, and Schedule 1)Province of British Columbia (BC Laws) · Current to September 22, 2026
- Premises IDBC Ministry of Agriculture and Food · Page updated April 16, 2026
- Farmgate and Farmgate Plus licencesBC Ministry of Agriculture and Food · Page updated May 13, 2026
- Small Lot ProgramBC Chicken Marketing Board · Page modified 2026-09-10