The provinces have tied their increases to Canada’s steadily growing consumer price index, which is an indicator of inflation.
Ontario’s minimum wage is now $17.60 per hour, an increase of 40 cents. Nova Scotia’s and Prince Edward Island’s are $16.50 an hour, Manitoba’s is $16 per hour and Saskatchewan’s is $15.35 an hour.
Alberta is the only province that has not boosted its minimum wage, with its $15-per-hour rate now the lowest in Canada.
British Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador raised their minimum wage earlier this year.
In Ontario, The annualized wage hike of 2.4% is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index and will boost the paycheques of about 800,000 workers.
The province says the latest increase brings Ontario’s minimum wage to the second-highest provincial rate in Canada.
The student minimum wage is rising to $16.60 per hour, while the minimum for employees who do paid work in their own homes — such as sewing clothes or answering calls for a call centre — is going up to $19.35 per hour.
About 36% of workers earning the new minimum wage or less are in retail, and 23% are in accommodation and food services, the province says.
[SRC] https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/five-canadian-provinces-boost-their-minimum-wage/
