The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver has risen to $27.05 per hour, a 5.3% increase from last year. The significant increase highlights the region’s deepening affordability crisis. How government ought to respond. Authors: Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist at the CCPA-BC and lead author of the Living Wage BC: 2024 Update. Anastasia French is the provincial manager of Living Wage BC. Published Nov. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/20/Metro-Vancouver-Housing-Cost-Living-Wage/