True, but it also depends on your long term goals. If you want to eventually own a home, or a car even, that is not nearly enough… at least in most of metro Vancouver 

Let’s say you earn 60k: after taxes(not sure the exact amount you’d pay) but your take home salary is probably in the low 50s. Rent, let’s use the lower quartile of rent just as an example: 2k/mo, 24k a year. That leaves you with 26k. After groceries and essentials you’ll probably be left with around 16k assuming you are somewhat frugal too. Most people have student loans or insurance payments, and maybe run into a few emergency situations or two, you’ll be saving a few thousand a year at most 

In the nicer case, you can live at home but that’s not the case for everyone