BC & Alberta Guide Dogs Services

British Columbia Guide Dog Services and Alberta Guide Dog Services

Though often viewed as a dog organization, British Columbia and Alberta Guide Dog Services is, in reality, an organization about people. When evaluating blind and visually-impaired applicants' suitability for guide dog training, we see ability rather than disability. All individual guide dog training programs are tailored to the needs of each individual.. 

The mission of British Columbia Guide Dog Services and Alberta Guide Dog Services is to meet the demand for professionally-trained Guide Dogs for blind and visually-impaired citizens in British Columbia and Alberta, at all times meeting or exceeding the international standards as established by the International Guide Dog Federation.

British Columbia Guide Dog Services was incorporated as a registered charity on June 28, 1996, becoming British Columbia’s first guide dog school, and was registered in British Columbia as an extra-provincial society under the Society Act on August 8, 1996.

In 2001, B.C. Guide Dog Services became a member of the International Guide Dog Federation, an international accrediting body.

In 2002, B.C. Guide Dog Services registered the title Alberta Guide Dog Services for the purposes of providing guide dogs to blind and visually-impaired Albertans.

British Columbia Guide Dog Services was registered as an extra-provincial corporation in Alberta on May 30, 2002.

In December 2008, British Columbia Guide Dog Services founded Autism Support Dogs, and continues to work in partnership with this organization.