Tool · Permit checker
Who issues the gas permit for my job?
Gas work in BC needs a gas permit — issued by Technical Safety BC, or by the municipality in the six cities with their own gas inspection systems. Choose your city and job to see who issues yours.
Result for Burnaby, BC
The Burnaby issues its own gas permits
Technical Safety BC lists this municipality among the six that issue their own gas installation permits; the contractor applies to the municipality instead of TSBC.
From this site's Burnaby page: Issues its own gas installation permits (one of the six BC municipalities outside the Technical Safety BC permit system).
Burnaby also requires a Heating System Permit for installing or replacing heating systems in single and duplex dwellings.
Source: Technical Safety BC — gas installation permits (checked 2026-09-07). BC Wide pulls the permit for the work it does; the proposal states it.
Permits are the contractor's job
When BC Wide performs the work, the gas permit is part of the scope — ask to see it planned in the proposal, not added afterwards.