A new report shows that Metro Vancouver's living wage has risen in 2025, now $10 higher than the province's minimum wage.

According to StatCan, a full-time minimum wage worker in B.C. earns $32,487 gross annually, or $2,700 a month. The poverty ...

Is it more expensive to live in Vancouver or Toronto? We looked at the numbers and have compiled a breakdown of the financial future that could await those who decide to move to one of North America's ...

Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist at the CCPA-BC and lead author of the Living Wage BC: 2024 Update. Anastasia French is the provincial manager of Living Wage BC. Housing costs have driven up the ...

The highest average living wage in B.C. is Whistler, which rose 5.4 per cent to $29.60, followed by Squamish at $28.00. Metro ...

A new report has found that residents of Metro Vancouver need to make $27.05 an hour to earn a living wage, a 5.3-per cent increase from last year. The wage, calculated by the Canadian Centre for ...

The living wage in B.C. continues to climb, including in six communities on Vancouver Island that were part of the annual report by Living Wage BC.

Monica Skinner was on her way to the Vancouver bottle depot by bus on Friday afternoon, hoping to make enough money to feed her kids until her next child-benefit payment arrives. “There’s never enough ...

Like many living in Canada, Alexandra and her partner Evan were under pressure from the country's high cost of living. The young married couple held good jobs and managed to afford a place in Port ...