Fishtape in British Columbia
Built for BC electrical contractors
CEC 2024 as BC adopted it, Technical Safety BC on your permits, and PST handled the way BC contractors charge it: real property contracts, goods that stay goods, or supply only.
British Columbia, set up for you
Pick your province when you sign up and Fishtape sets the code book, permit authority, tax and safety reporting to match. These facts come from the same data the app uses.
- Electrical code
- CEC 2024, in force since 2025-03-04BC Electrical Code (CEC 2024, no BC deviations) since 2025-03-04
- Permits and inspections
- Technical Safety BCSome local governments issue their own electrical permits (for example Burnaby and Vancouver). Check which one covers the site.
- Sales tax on your invoices
- GST 5% + PST 7%Default: Real property contract (no PST charged). Supply and install work that becomes part of the building (in-wall wiring, fixed lights, hardwired fans and alarms). You pay PST on the materials when you buy them and do not charge it.
- Injury reports
- WorkSafeBC, Form 7 (Employer's Report of Injury)Within 3 days of learning of it. Safety lists what to report to WorkSafeBC Prevention Information Line and when.
Amendments. BC has no deviations from CEC 2024 this cycle, so the national rules apply as written.
Built for the way you work
CEC calculators
Conductor sizing, voltage drop, conduit and box fill, demand loads and motors, with the rule numbers.
Every plan
Box auto-placement and CEC checks
Draw a room and Fishtape places the boxes, then checks spacing, GFCI, AFCI and TR on the drawing.
Pro and up
Estimates to invoices
Quote from your price book and takeoff, then invoice with the right GST, HST or PST and get paid online.
Every plan
Safety
FLHAs, toolbox talks, incidents and near misses, inspections and training, signed on the iPad.
Every plan
No caps on your work
Every plan, trial included, lets you make as many as you need of:
- Invoices
- Estimates and quotes
- Jobs
- Clients and leads
- Drawings and plan sheets
Plans differ by features and by how many users are included, nothing else. Downgrading never deletes anything: you keep reading everything you made.
Try Fishtape in British Columbia
14 days free on the plan you pick. A $1 deposit confirms your card and comes off your first month. Cancel before the trial ends and the plan is never charged.