BC Small Claims deadlines: filing and service planner
Enter a filing, service or court date to see a rule-based calendar benchmark. Check public holidays, registry closures and any court directions before relying on a date.
1. Choose the event
Use the actual event date shown in your documents or court notice, not today's date unless the event happened today.
How days are counted: The Rules exclude event days when measuring between events (Rule 17(10)). For trial-conference preparations, the planner uses full clear days between the filing/service event and conference. Registry closures and court orders can change the practical date.
2. Calendar benchmarks
Select an event and enter the event date. This tool never files a document or sends a reminder.
Important exclusions
This calculator does not determine limitation periods for starting legal actions, account for service disputes, decide whether a document was validly served, or account for all holidays and special orders. The CRT's own application and response deadlines are separate and are not calculated here.
For a trial conference, Form 33 filing is at least 14 clear days beforehand, and serving the filed statement and attachments on other parties is at least 7 clear days beforehand. The planner uses conservative calendar targets. If a target falls on a day the registry is closed, plan for an earlier open day and confirm with the registry.