{"id":10740,"date":"2022-03-21T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/?p=10740"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:22:53","slug":"understanding-wage-garnishment-can-creditors-take-my-income-if-i-cant-pay-my-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/understanding-wage-garnishment-can-creditors-take-my-income-if-i-cant-pay-my-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Wage Garnishment: Can Creditors Really Take my Income if I Can\u2019t Pay my Debt?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wage garnishment is an extreme collection method that creditors may use to recover a debt owed to them. Dealing with a wage garnishment or even just the threat of one can be incredibly stressful and overwhelming, and many people don\u2019t know what their rights and remedies are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BC Licensed Insolvency Trustee Blair Mantin joined Global News to break down some of the key facts to know about wage garnishment, and what you can do if you\u2019re a British Columbian facing a debt problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"background-block-wrapper grey\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"cols gap\">\n                                        <div class=\"col col-75\">\n    \n\n\n\n<p>Watch the clip here and read more below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"responsive-iframe\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" title=\"Iframe contains video URL\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/8696505\/\" width=\"670\" height=\"372\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-will-happen-if-i-can-t-make-my-debt-payments-who-can-garnish-my-wages-in-canada\"><strong>What Will Happen if I Can\u2019t Make my Debt Payments? Who Can Garnish my Wages in Canada? <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you miss making required debt payments, you could anticipate that your creditor(s) might take steps such as charging you fees for defaulting on your payments and reporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/how-to-better-manage-credit-and-debt-and-mistakes-not-to-make\/\">defaults on your credit history<\/a>. Unpaid creditors might also increase your interest rate and later engage a collection agent to aggressively pursue you for payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If these steps are not successful, creditors may pursue legal remedies, and the outcome of a successful court action may result in a wage garnishment, where a portion of your wages will be paid directly to your creditor until your debt is repaid. Please note that fees, penalties, interest and legal costs may also be added to the total amount you have to pay back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wage garnishment may be undertaken by a creditor provided they follow the necessary processes, which will vary depending on who the creditor is, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Common creditors like banks, credit card companies and collection agencies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada Revenue Agency (\u201cCRA\u201d) collecting money owed for many different programs including tax debt, student loans, and EI overpayments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cta-with-bg-image-content  white center no-bg-img\"   style=\" \">\n    <div class=\"gradient gradient-teal\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n            <h2>\n                <span>GET A FINANCIAL<\/span>\n                FRESH START            <\/h2>\n            <p>Book your free consultation with one of our experts and start living a debt-free life.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"\/free-debt-consultation\/\" class=\"red-btn\">\n                BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"background-block-wrapper grey\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"cols gap\">\n                                        <div class=\"col col-75\">\n    \n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-long-before-a-creditor-can-garnish-wages\"><strong>How Long Before a Creditor Can Garnish Wages?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><u>The Good News<\/u>: Most creditors need to get two court orders for a wage garnishment, which usually takes some time. <em>Avoid being caught unaware of upcoming court dates \u2013 always open all your mail!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>The Bad News<\/u>: If you owe money to the government, unlike most other creditors, they can essentially skip these court steps. CRA does not need a court order to start a wage garnishment, they can issue a \u201crequirement to pay\u201d notice directly to your employer (or to a client if you are self-employed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/having-government-debts-forgiven\/\">Learn About Solutions for Dealing with Government Debt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-much-of-my-income-can-a-creditor-take\"><strong>How Much of my Income Can a Creditor Take? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people don\u2019t learn that a wage garnishment is starting until their payroll department lets them know they have received the notice, giving them little time to react or prepare for this income cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In most cases in BC 30% of your net income may be garnished or seized from each paycheque. There are notable exceptions to this; and a creditor may apply to have the amount of the seizure increased:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provincial limits on how much income may be garnished do not apply to Canada Revenue Agency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100% of income earned through self-employment (such as sub-contractor wages) may be garnished.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Government benefits such as CPP, OAS, GIS, Employment Insurance and Social Assistance are considered exempt and cannot be garnished, except where the debt is owed to CRA or Family Maintenance Enforcement Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to wage garnishment, creditors may also be able to collect on their debts by seizing money from your bank account. Unlike limits on how much income can be garnished, there is no cap on seizing money in a bank account to cover debt balances, and income that may have been exempt won\u2019t be protected once it\u2019s deposited in your bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cta-with-bg-image-content  white center no-bg-img\"   style=\" \">\n    <div class=\"gradient gradient-teal\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n            <h2>\n                <span>GET A FINANCIAL<\/span>\n                FRESH START            <\/h2>\n            <p>Book your free consultation with one of our experts and start living a debt-free life.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"\/free-debt-consultation\/\" class=\"red-btn\">\n                BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-i-stop-a-wage-garnishment\"><strong>How Can I Stop a Wage Garnishment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the case of a court-ordered garnishment you could consider: Applying to court to have the garnishing order set aside, or to increase the amount of your wages that are exempt; or working out a payment schedule with the creditor that could result in the garnishment\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If these are unsuccessful, or if you have a CRA garnishment, short of leaving your job or letting the garnishment run its course, stopping a garnishment basically has two solutions. Fortunately, both can be implemented very quickly in urgent situations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/personal-debt-consolidation\/consumer-proposals\/\">Consumer Proposal<\/a>: This unique consolidation solution will allow you to cut debt, consolidate virtually all your debt into one repayment plan \u2013 and trigger a \u2018stay of proceedings\u2019, giving you protection from creditors that would immediately stop bank account and wage garnishments.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consumer Proposals can have significant advantages over other consolidation options and allow you to halt creditor actions like wage garnishments while still avoiding bankruptcy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/personal-debt-consolidation\/personal-bankruptcy\/\">Bankruptcy<\/a>: Another legal option that will halt wage garnishment and bank account seizures. The personal bankruptcy process in BC is generally private, straight-forward and lasts only nine months for most people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/much-debt-will-consumer-proposal-eliminate\/\">Learn More About Eliminating Debt with a Consumer Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people\u2019s debt problems do not resolve themselves; some intervening action needs to take place. For general consumer debts like credit cards you likely have <em>some<\/em> time before creditors escalate actions drastically, so if you have any concerns about your debt we recommend that you be proactive \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/free-debt-consultation\/\">connect with a Licensed Insolvency Trustee<\/a> as early on as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"background-block-wrapper blue\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"cols gap\">\n                                        <div class=\"col col-75\">\n    \n\n\n\n<p>A Licensed Insolvency Trustee can help you assess your situation and put an immediate stop to wage garnishments by most creditors, <em>including those by CRA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n\n\n<p>Warning signs of a debt problem may not always be obvious. If you are experiencing any of the following you should consider connecting with a Licensed Insolvency Trustee right away:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Constantly thinking about your debt, feeling debt-stressed, worried or anxious about your finances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only making, or even unable to make your minimum monthly debt payments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relying on your credit cards or other means of credit to meet your costs of living<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources and solutions for a financial fresh start are available \u2013 you deserve to live without debt and its overwhelming stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sands &amp; Associates BC Licensed Insolvency Trustees are here for you. Get confidential expert advice at no cost \u2013 book your free non-judgmental debt consultation today. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cta-with-bg-image-content  white center no-bg-img\"   style=\" \">\n    <div class=\"gradient gradient-teal\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n            <h2>\n                <span>GET A FINANCIAL<\/span>\n                FRESH START            <\/h2>\n            <p>Book your free consultation with one of our experts and start living a debt-free life.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"\/free-debt-consultation\/\" class=\"red-btn\">\n                BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wage garnishment is an extreme collection method that creditors may use to recover a debt owed to them. 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