[2] OCTIP formed in 2007, making British Columbia the first province of Canada to address human trafficking in a formal manner.
[3] In 2008, the United States Department of State released a report on human trafficking in Canada that was generally critical of the Government of Canada for failing to address the issue, but the report praised the efforts of the Executive Council of British Columbia, specifically citing their creation of OCTIP.
[4] In June 2011, OCTIP launched a training program to certify first responders to identify, protect, and assist victims of human trafficking in the province.
[5] The program cost $106,000; half of the funding came from OCTIP while the rest was covered by Public Safety Canada and the Department of Justice.
[9] Between 2007 and 2011, OCTIP serviced more than 100 human trafficking victims in British Columbia.