Private company

FortisBC

Natural gas and electric utility in British Columbia, Canada

FortisBC is a British Columbia-based regulated utility that provides natural gas and electricity. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

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FortisBC is a British Columbia-based regulated utility that provides natural gas and electricity. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc. FortisBC has approximately 2,600 employees serving more than 1.2 million customers in 135 B.C. communities and 58 First Nations communities across 150 Traditional Territories.2

How it started

FortisBC Energy Inc. (natural gas)

FortisBC Energy Inc. is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., a Canadian, investor-owned corporation.

1952: Inland Natural Gas was incorporated to distribute natural gas throughout the interior of British Columbia. The company purchased St. John Oil and Gas, Peace River Transmission, Canadian Northern Oil and Gas, and Grand Prairie Transmission.

1980s: Inland Natural Gas purchased the Lower Mainland gas division from BC Hydro and changed its name to BC Gas, serving 546,000 customers in 70 communities across BC.

2002: BC Gas became the dominant distributor of natural gas in British Columbia by purchasing Centra Gas BC Inc. and Centra Gas Whistler Inc., adding 75,000 natural gas customers on the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island, and 2,000 piped propane customers in Whistler.

2003: BC Gas Inc. became Terasen Inc.

From Wikipedia’s article on FortisBC, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Products and brands

  • electricity
  • natural gas

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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