Personal Injury Settlement Calculator Victoria, BC

Canadian courts do not use the multiplier method. This calculator adds your financial losses (treatment and care costs, and lost income) to a pain-and-suffering range for your level of injury, based on typical Canadian awards: about $5,000 to $40,000 for minor injuries, $50,000 to $150,000 for moderate ones, $150,000 to $350,000 for serious permanent injuries, and up to the national cap of about $470,000 for catastrophic ones. The total is then reduced by your share of fault under British Columbia law.

British Columbia rules this calculator applies

Fault rule

Shared fault (apportionment). Your payout drops by your share of fault, but being partly at fault never bars your claim.

Pain and suffering cap

About $470,000 anywhere in Canada, reserved for the most catastrophic injuries (the Supreme Court of Canada cap, indexed for inflation).

Deadline to file

Generally 2 years from when you knew, or ought to have known, about the injury and its cause. Claims against a municipality or other public body often need written notice much sooner.

Car accidents

Special rules apply in British Columbia; see below.

Car accidents in British Columbia

General information about British Columbia law, not legal advice, and the estimate is not a guarantee of any outcome. A lawyer can tell you how these rules apply to your case.