Disability Rates 2024 Vancouver Canada. Green party on thursday reiterated its platform promise to double social assistance and disability rates. By increasing bc pwd monthly payments to $1800, bc pwd rates would finally be brought up to canada's poverty line, so that persons on bc disability assistance would better be.
Statistics canada notes that the frequency of disabilities among indigenous peoples is higher than the national average, which is conservatively estimated at 30%. Currently, most persons on provincial disability assistance in bc receive around $1378 monthly, in a province where the average cost of rent per month alone is greater than that.