Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
City by-laws
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- Textual record
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1886-2022 (Creation)
- Place
- Vancouver (B.C.)
Physical description area
Physical description
26 m of textual records
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Archival description area
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Custodial history
Official custodian was the Office of the City Clerk
Scope and content
Series consists of official signed and sealed by-laws passed by City Council, the legislation of the governing body of the City of Vancouver. Series is complete from incorporation in April 1886. Many by-laws include appendices (e.g. financial data, maps, etc.). Arranged chronologically (i.e. in number order).
Notes area
Physical condition
The earliest by-laws were handwritten, as of 1895 they were typed. Although the whole set was originally bound into numbered volumes, by-laws no. 1 through no. 2641 were disassembled for microfilming purposes; subsequent volumes remain bound until 2004. From 2004, all by-laws are disassembled and housed in individual folders.
Immediate source of acquisition
The first accrual was transferred from the Office of the City Clerk in 1974.
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Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Use microfiche at MCR 18
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Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
The following finding aids are available. (1) A file list of by-laws is available and searchable. Search database by by-law title (e.g. "By-law no. 6564", "Heritage by-law", etc.). (2) Indexes generated by City Hall and kept current are available as hardcopy in the Archives Reading Room.