CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE ACROSS CANADA

  

 

Province

Minimum Hourly Wage Notes
Alberta $15.00 Effective as of October 1, 2018. 
British Columbia $13.85 Effective as of June 1st, 2019. The minimum wage in B.C. will further rise to $14.60 on June 1st, 2020 and to at least $15.20 on June 1st, 2021.  
Manitoba $11.65 Effective as of October 1, 2019. 
New Brunswick $11.50 Effective as of April 1, 2019. The minimum wage is adjusted annually on April 1 relative to the Consumer Price Index. 
Newfoundland & Labrador $11.40 Effective as of April 1, 2019. 
Northwest Territories $13.46 Effective as of April 1, 2018. The regulation in N.W.T. does not specify that there must be an annual increase. 
Nova Scotia $11.55 Effective as of April 1, 2019. The minimum wage for inexperienced employees is $11.05 per hour. In 2020 and 2021 the minimum wage in N.S. will increase by about 55 cents each year, calculated based on a 30-cent increase plus inflation, which is projected to be 25 cents over the next three years. Starting April 1, 2022, the rate will be adjusted annually with inflation. 
Nunavut $13.00 Effective as of April 1, 2016. The minimum wage is reviewed annually on April 1. 
Ontario $14.00 Effective as of January 1, 2018. Starting in 2020, the minimum wage rates may increase annually on October 1 of each year. 
Prince Edward Island $12.25 Effective as of April 1, 2019. 
Quebec $12.50 Effective as of May 1, 2019. 
Saskatchewan $11.32 Effective as of October 1, 2019. The minimum wage is adjusted annually on October 1st each year relative to the Consumer Price Index. 
Yukon $12.71 Effective as of April 1, 2019. The minimum wage is adjusted on April 1 of each year relative to the Consumer Price Index.