Ministry of Agriculture and Land

Government & Industry Contacts

Associations & Boards

BC 4-H Council
website

BC Agriculture Council
website

BC Agriculture Labour Market and 
Skills Development Initiative

website

BC Agricultural Workforce Policy Board
website

B.C. Christmas Tree Council (BCCTC)
Box 2426
Invermere, BC  V0A 1K0
Phone/Fax: 250 342-6349
website

B.C. Landscape & Nursery Association
Suite #101, 5830-176A Street
Surrey, BC  V3S 4E3
Phone: 604 574-7772
Fax: 604 574-7773
website

Canadian Christmas Tree Growers' Association
P.O. Box 996, Station "B"
59 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R1
Tel: 613-789-7846
website

Canadian Horticultural Council
9 Corvus Court
Ottawa, Ontario K2E 7Z4
Tel: 613-226-4880
Fax: 613-226-4497
website

Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
7856 Fifth Line South, RR#4, Station Main
Milton, ON L9T 2X8
Tel: 888 446-3499
Fax: 905 875-1840
E-mail: cnla@canadanursery.com
website

Canadian Ornamental Plant Foundation
Box 21083 RPO Algonquin
North Bay, Ontario P1B 9N8
Tel: 800-265-1629
Fax: 705-495-1449
E-mail: copf@efni.com
website

Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association
website

Kootenay Christmas Tree Association
Box 2426
Invermere, BC  V0A 1K0
Phone/Fax: 250 342-6349

Native Plant Society of British Columbia
2012 William Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 2X6
Tel: 604.255.5719
E-mail: information@npsbc.org
website

Plant Breeders' Rights Office
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Nepean, ON K1A 0Y9
Tel: 613-225-2342
Fax: 613-228-3080
E-mail: vsisson@inspection.gc.ca
website

Southwest British Columbia Christmas Tree Association
Email: info@bcchristmastrees.com
website

Thompson Okanagan Christmas Tree Association
R.R. #2
Lumby, BC  V0E 2G0
Phone: 250 547-6028
website

United Flower Growers' Co-op Association
Tom Mulleder, Chief Executive Officer
4085 Marine Way
Burnaby, BC  V5J 5E2
Phone: 604 430-2211
Fax: 604 430-3858
website

Western Canada Turfgrass Association
22097 Isaac Crescent
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 0V9
Tel: 604-467-2564
Fax: 604-467-0500
website

Research Organizations

Canadian Food Inspection Agency
website

Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC
website

Pacific Agriculture Research Centre (PARC) (Agassiz, BC)
website

Simon Fraser University - Applied Science
website

The University of British Columbia Faculty of Land and Food Systems
website


University Programs

University of British Columbia

Faculty of Land & Food Systems 
# 248, 2357 Main Mall,
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604 822-2620
Fax: 604 822-6394

Botanical Garden
6804 S W Marine Dr.,
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604 822-9666
Fax: 604 822-2016

Continuing Education/Communications
#350, 2357 Main Mall,
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604 822-2492
Fax: 604 822-6394

Simon Fraser University

Centre for Pest Management
Tel: 604 291-3705
Master of Pest Management Program (MPM)
Admissions: 604 294-8600

College Programs

University College of the Fraser Valley
Chilliwack Campus
Tel: 250 792-0025
Fax: 250 792-2388

Two-year diploma program in agriculture. Students specialize in horticulture, livestock or agri business management. Also, one year certificates in ornamental horticulture, livestock production and Integrated Pest Management.

BC Institute of Technology
Burnaby Campus
Tel: 604 434-5734

Technical courses in horticulture, food technology and forestry.

Camosun College
Interurban Campus,
Victoria
Tel: 250 370-3000/370-3841
Fax: 250 370-3750

One year hort technician program.

Capilano College
North Vancouver Campus
Tel: 604 986-1911, local 2204
Fax: 604 984-4993

One year landscape horticulture program.

University College of the Cariboo
McGill Road,
Kamloops
Tel: 250 828-5440
Fax: 250 828-5194

One year horticulture certificate program. Part time horticulture/business diploma program (requires completion of hort certificate). 2 year animal health technology program.

College of the Rockies
Creston Campus
Tel: 250 428-5332/489-2751
Fax: 250 489-1790

One year hort technician program focusing on tree fruit industry.

Kwantlen University College
Langley Campus
Tel: 250 599-2100

Two-year horticulture diploma programs.

Malaspina University College
Main Campus,
Nanaimo
Tel: 250 753-3245
Fax: 250 755-8725

4 or 6 semester diploma program in fisheries and aquaculture. 12 month hort technician certificate program. 2 year forest resources technology program.

Okanagan University College
Tel: 250 862-5480
Fax: 250 862-5434

Part-time vocational courses in farm management - levels geared for farm worker and farm owner/manager.