BC Employment and Assistance Program by Census Metropolitan Area

The Ministry reports the breakdown of the BC Employment and Assistance program each month by census metropolitan area. This data is from 1995 onwards and includes counts for cases, recipients and dependent children. For the data dictionary, refer to the "BC Employment and Assistance Program metadata" entry in the Data Catalogue.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 22:12 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 22:12 (UTC)
contact_email	Robert.Bruce@gov.bc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Research Branch", "fr": "Research Branch"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2016-07-06 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["BCEA", "census metropolitan area", "income assistance"], "fr-t-en": ["BCEA", "région métropolitaine de recensement", "aide au revenu"]}
open_canada_subject	["society_and_culture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	irregular