BC Unclaimed's search database only includes unclaimed money that has been transferred to us. Listed below are other sources where you may be able to search for unclaimed funds.
Many organizations listed here have merged with or been acquired by other organizations over time. If this is the case, links will lead to websites of the new organizations.
Altamira Financial Services Ltd.
ARC Petroleum Inc. c/o ARC Resources Ltd.
Bank of Canada: BOC administers unclaimed chartered bank balances pursuant to the federal Bank Act. Their website provides a free name searchable database.
British Columbia Pension Corporation
Canadian Stock Transfer Company
Computershare Investor Services and Computershare Trust Company of Canada
HSBC Investment Funds (Canada) Inc.
Jones, Gable & Company Limited
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
Laurentian Trust Company of Canada Inc.
National Bank Direct Brokerage Inc.
Pacific Corporate Trust Company and Pacific Corporate Services Ltd.
Aviva Insurance Company of Canada
Citadel General Assurance Company
Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company
Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company
Heritage General Insurance Company, JC Penney Life Insurance Company and Legacy General Insurance Company
The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company
The Empire Life Insurance Company
The Great West Life Assurance Company
Hartford Canada or Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)
Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc.
LeGear Pelling Insurance Agencies Ltd.
The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
Motors Insurance Corporation (General Motors Protection Plan)
Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Company Limited
Primerica Life Insurance Company of Canada
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company (formerly Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company)
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada
Alberta Treasury Board and Finance – Unclaimed Property
This website provides information on how to search and file a claim for unclaimed property held by the province of Alberta.
Through My Account, Canadians can check to see if they have an uncashed cheque with the CRA, some dating as far back as 1998.
Law Society of British Columbia
This website provides information on how to claim money left behind in a lawyer’s trust account.
Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
OSB administers unclaimed dividends owed to creditors in accord with the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Visit “Search Unclaimed Dividends” under Services and information.
The Public Trustee of Manitoba – Province of Manitoba
The Vacant Property Act governs the disbursement of unclaimed property.
Search their register and obtain information on how to claim unclaimed property held by the province of Quebec.
This database and other resources are provided by Avotaynu, a Jewish genealogy publishing service. The Living Heirs Project has helped heirs of Holocaust victims recover family assets unjustly confiscated by the Third Reich.
National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (USA)
NAUPA’s website provides information on the administration of unclaimed property in the USA and provides links to each state’s (and some Canadian provinces’) unclaimed property program.
This site is the only official, national source for unclaimed property searches endorsed by States, Provinces and NAUPA (National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators). There is no fee to use this site.