Living wage
We’re one of Canada’s largest private-sector Living Wage employers.
What’s a Living Wage?
A Living Wage is the hourly rate required for two working parents to meet the basic needs of a family of four. The family of four is the most common family unit size in BC, and the Living Wage for this family is a fair proxy for other family sizes and single adults.
The minimum wage in BC is not enough. Families who work for low wages often face impossible choices of where to direct their money: buy food, pay bills, or pay rent.
Paying a Living Wage allows individuals and families to meet their basic needs, like food, rent, clothing, childcare, and transportation, as well as contribute to their communities. It creates strong local economies and healthy, sustainable communities. In November 2025, Living Wage BC announced the updated Living Wage for Metro Vancouver, which is set at $27.85 per hour.
What Vancity pays.
Vancity has been a proud signatory to the Living Wage Campaign since 2011. We’re committed to meeting, or exceeding, the annual Living Wage rate for our employees and our contracted suppliers.
Help for employers on their Living Wage journey.
We want to share what we learned with other employers; the more employers who join us in paying a Living Wage, the more we can impact our local communities.
We’ve laid out a seven-step process to implementing Living Wage at your business, in particular for large employers.