Legal Question in Family Law in Canada

As noted on the LawGuru website, all questions referred to our firm must be answered with the law of British Columbia in mind. BC is a common-law Province, unlike Quebec, which is a civil law Province. In BC, there is no such thing as " conjoints de fait", but in BC if a couple, same sex or oposite sexes, wish to live together they may marry or simply live together. There is no such thing as a "civil union" or "registered partnership" or anything similar. If 2 people live together as if married, then after a period of time, they aquire just about all of the same rights and obligations that they would have if they were married. There is no requirement to register and even if they wished to do so, there is no mechanism by which they can.