I also check for a death registration in the BC Online Archives and also did not find one for your ggrandfather. There is a Canadian site for ships arrival; unfortunately, I'm unable to give your the www for it as I lost all my addresses when my computer died last fall. Try it through the www.gov.ca site and it might show up there. Some time ago, I found my grandparents on it so I know it works. Maybe some other poster has the site name and will post it. Best of luck with your research and thanks for acknowledging. We can all use a little help now and then.