Ministry Contact List

If the contact information you are looking for can not be found on this page, please look on the BC Government Directory.

• Ministry Office
• Ministers' Office
• Deputy Ministers Offices
• Assistant Deputy Ministers
• Public Affairs Bureau
• Departments, Divisions and Branches

Ministry Office

The Ministry of Economic Development's mailing address is:

PO Box 9324, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3

Ministers' Office

Honourable Colin Hansen
Minister
PO Box 9046, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2

Telephone: 250 356-7411
Fax: 250 356-6376

Deputy Ministers Office

Don Fast
Deputy Minister
PO Box 9324, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
Telephone: 250 952-0102
Fax: 250 952-0600

Assistant Deputy Ministers

Doug Callbeck
Management Services
PO Box 9324, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
Telephone: 250 952-0126
Fax: 250 952-0600

Soren Harbel
Marketing, Investment & Trade Division
Suite 730, 999 Canada, 
Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1
Telephone: 604 775-0005
Fax: 250 775-2070

Shannon Baskerville
Economic Competitiveness Division
PO Box 9327, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9N3
Telephone: 250 952-0367
Fax: 250 952-0351

Public Affairs Bureau

For Media Enquiries, please contact our Public Affairs Bureau:

Media Contact
Rena Kendall-Craden
Communications Director
Email:  Rena.KendallCraden@gems7.gov.bc.ca
Telephone: 250 952-0152
Fax: 250 952-0627

Departments, Divisions, and Branches

Staff in local ministry offices can assist with enquiries.  Office addresses and phone numbers not listed here are available on-line by searching the BC Government Directory.

• Management Services Division
• Marketing, Investment and Trade Division
• Economic Competitiveness Division
• BC Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat
• BC Progress Board
• Canada-BC Infrastructure Program

Management Services Division
PO Box 9324
Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
Telephone: 250-952-0609

• Finance & Administration Branch
  PO Box 9324, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0262
  
  
• Human Resources Strategic Unit
  PO Box 9324, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0601
  
  
• Information Management Branch
  PO Box 9325, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0729
  
  
• Information Access and Records Services
  PO Box 9325, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0514
  

Marketing, Investment and Trade Division
Suite 730, 999 Canada Place, 
Vancouver, BC  V6C 3E1
Telephone: 604-844-1900

• Investment Capital Branch
  PO Box 9800, Victoria, BC  V8W 9W1
  Telephone: 250-952-0136
  
  
• International Relations Branch
  PO Box 9808, Suite 730, 999 Canada Place
  Vancouver, BC  V6C 3E1
  Telephone: 604-844-1850
  
  
• Corporate Investment Location Service
  Suite 730, 999 Canada Place
  Vancouver, BC  V6C 3E1
  Telephone: 604-844-1803
  

Economic Competitiveness Division
PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
Telephone: 250-952-0638

• Economic Analysis and Skills Development Branch
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0697
  
  

• Trade and Competitiveness Branch
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0635
  
  

• Corporate Initiatives Branch
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0730
  
  

• Infrastructure Development Branch
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0675
  
  

• Regional Economic Development Branch
  2080A Labieux Road, Nanaimo, BC  V9T 6J9
  Telephone: 250-751-7259

• Competition Council
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0708

• Asia Pacific Trade Council
  PO Box 9327, Victoria, BC  V8W 9N3
  Telephone: 250-952-0635
  

BC Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Secretariat
7th floor, 3585 Graveley Street, Vancouver, BC  V5K 5J5
Telephone: 604-660-2010
Fax: 604-660-3437

Annette Antoniak
President and CEO
BC Olympic and Paralympic Games Secretariat
Website:  http://www.ecdev.gov.bc.ca/2010secretariat/
Telephone: 604 660-3425
Fax:   604 660-3437

BC Progress Board
Suite 730, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC  V6C 3E1
Telephone: 604-775-1664

Canada-BC Infrastructure Program

• Western Economic Diversification Canada
  700 - 601 West Hastings St.
  Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5G9
  Toll Free: 1 888 338-9378; Phone: (604) 666-6256
• Ministry of Economic Development
  PO Box 9327 Stn Prov Govt, 7^th Floor, 1810 Blanshard St.
  Victoria, B.C. V8W 9N3
  Phone: (250) 952-0675
• Ministry of Community Services
  4 – 800 Johnson St.
  Victoria, B.C. V8W 9N7
  Phone: (250) 387-4060; infra@gems2.gov.bc.ca 
• Union of B.C. Municipalities
  60 - 10551 Shellbridge Way
  Richmond, B.C.V6X 2W9
  Phone: (604) 270-8226