British Columbia has been able to develop one of the best land survey and title registration systems in the world.  

British Columbia, including the colonies before the province came into existence, has always maintained a system for recording ownership and interests in private land.   For a short while, the colonies maintained Deeds Registries.  However, a Deeds Registry results in a complicated, unreliable system for recording interests in land.   In order to gain an opinion on ownership of interests in land, an unbroken chain of documentary evidence over long periods of time or possibly from the original granting of the land from the Crown is required.   If any one of those documents was not properly executed, or if all documents in the chain cannot be obtained, then a shadow of doubt is cast upon the claim of ownership.

BC Notaries support the Province of B.C.’s proclamation declaring April 7 to 13, 2019 “Make-a-Will Week” and encourage the majority of British Columbian adult who don’t have a current Will to prepare one.
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A 2018 survey by Ipsos for the BC Notaries Association found that while 67% of people aged 55 and older have a Will in place, 62% of people aged 35 to 54 and 77% of people aged 18 to 34 do not have a Will regardless of whether they own a home, have dependent children or other important considerations.