BC Gov News

Accessibility 2024 is B.C.’s 10-year action plan, released in June 2014, to become the most progressive province in Canada for people with disabilities by 2024.

The Employment Program of BC (EPBC) is the province's one-stop employment program.

About 100,000 British Columbians are designated Persons with a Disability (PWD) and receive disability assistance from the provincial government. This number has doubled since 2001.

Temporary assistance is designed to help people move into employment as soon as possible.

We have a plan to create jobs, grow the economy and reduce poverty by supporting Low Income Families in Transition (LIFT) to give people what they need to live the lives they want.

Community Living BC (CLBC) was established in 2005 as a Crown corporation to provide disability-related services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities.

Social innovation is about finding new ways to address challenging and complex social problems.

As of December 2015, more than 22,500 British Columbians with disabilities have set up a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) to help them save for the future. This is a 13% increase since June 2015.

Did you know this October marks the third annual Registered Disability Savings Plan (RSDP) Awareness Month in British Columbia to promote the federal savings plan that helps people with disabilities save for their future.

Approximately 334,000 British Columbians, aged 15 to 64 years, self-identify as having a disability.