Digital credential solutions

Explore the 4 digital credential solutions offered through BC Wallet.

Last updated on

March 21, 2024

Find the right solution(s) for your needs
Solution 1: Access
Solution 2: Issue
Solution 3: Sign
Solution 4: Message
Digital credential solutions in action

Find the right solution(s) for your needs

Digital credential solutions enable trusted interactions online that are user-friendly, safe and secure. They range from simplifying access to services without conventional logins to managing digital identities securely.

These solutions can be used on their own or in combination with each other.

All solutions use BC Wallet, a smartphone app developed by the B.C. government for storing and using digital credentials.

Solution 1: Access

With digital credentials, people can prove who they are to gain access to government services and private sector services, without a username or password.

For example, a person can prove their identity and prove they are a returning user, to get access to a government legal aid service.

Solution 2: Issue

You can issue (and revoke) digital credentials to individuals, businesses and organizations. Those credentials then allow people to prove things about themselves or their business.

For example, a ministry can issue a digital credential that’s a permit to a mining operator, allowing them to verify that they have permission to operate under the authority of the Mines Act.

Solution 3: Sign

Using the Person credential, a person can provide tamper-proof, legally binding signatures on web forms using their verified name and date of birth. This provides a layer of trust that is missing from existing paper-based signatures. It also reduces errors from manual data entry.

For example, a person could sign an online form when applying for a restaurant permit.

Solution 4: Message

Digital credentials can provide a secure and confidential communication channel between people and service providers. Both parties can then share sensitive information and data with each other, confident that the other party is who they say they are.

For example, a government ministry could send a message to a security business that their operating licence is about to expire.