Ability to Become Economically Established in B.C.

Income Thresholds

The BC PNP will NOT approve an application if it appears likely that the nominee applicant's family income will be less than the applicable Income Threshold for the nominee applicant’s place of residence, as shown in the table below.

Family income is the total of:

  1. the nominee applicant’s annual regular wage from the BC employer supporting the PNP application, and, if applicable;
  2. the spouse’s annual regular wage in BC from work authorized under a valid work permit.

The BC PNP will only consider the guaranteed wage for the assessment of the application. Bonuses, commissions, profit sharing distributions, tips / gratuities, and overtime wages are NOT considered for the purposes of calculating the family income.

The spouse’s annual wage will only be included in the family income for the purposes of calculating the Income Threshold if the spouse is in possession of a valid work permit, and is presently employed in BC.  The nominee applicant’s spouse and dependents, whether accompanying or not, will be included when determining the size of the family unit for the purposes of calculating the applicable Income Threshold.

 Size of family unit 

 Income Threshold by Area of Residence 

Metropolitan Vancouver

Rest of BC

1

$20,373

$16,980

2

$25,364

$21,138

3

$31,181

$25,986

4

$37,859

$31,552

5

$42,939

$35,785

6

$48,427

$40,360

7 or more

$53,916

$44,934

Notes:

  • The income thresholds in this table are 90% of an amount calculated from the appropriate Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO) figures set for 2010 by Statistics Canada. This table will be updated periodically to reflect the latest published LICO figures.
  • A map indicating which areas are included in Metropolitan Vancouver is available on the Statistics Canada website.