Ministry of Social Development

BC Employment and Assistance Rate Tables

(Effective June 1, 2007)

All rates are monthly.
In addition to the support allowance, families receive $123.50 for each child to age 19 years, under the BC Family Bonus and ministry top-up if the Family Bonus is less than $123.50 or the child is ineligible for Family Bonus.
Families of two or more that include someone on Old Age Security (OAS) are entitled to a maximum shelter rate for the family size.
Shelter increments continue to increase by an additional $35 for each additional dependant after unit size 7.
Disability assistance is paid in the month following designation. In cases where designation occurs prior to the individual's 18th birthday, payments begin in the month of the 18th birthday.

Key	Effective April 1, 2007, rates for:
A	Singles, couples, and two-parent families where one family member is a person with disabilities (PWD), and the other is not a PWD and is under 65.
B	Couples and two-parent families where both adults are PWDs.
C	One-parent families where the parent is a PWD.
D	Couples and two-parent families where one adult is aged 65 years or older but is not a PWD and where one adult is a PWD.