Current Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada

Workers in unstable, low-wage, and precarious jobs have been fighting for—and winning—higher minimum wage rates across the country. With the cost of living crisis, all workers deserve livable wages with annual adjustments to keep pace with rising costs. We must eliminate sub-minimum wage rates, and remove all exemptions to the general minimum wage for students, farmworkers, and other groups. Click here to join the fight for decent work and wages!

Jurisdiction Minimum Wage Notes  
Federal $18.15 If the minimum wage set by the province or territory where the person is employed is greater than the federal minimum wage, the provincial or territorial wage rate applies.

Federal minimum wage applies to workers in federally-regulated sectors (e.g. truck drivers, airport workers, bank tellers)
 
Alberta $15.00    
British Columbia $18.25    
Manitoba $16.00 $16.40 effective October 1, 2026  
New Brunswick $15.90    
Newfoundland & Labrador $16.35    
Northwest Territories $16.95    
Nova Scotia $16.75 $17.00 effective October 1, 2026  
Nunavut $19.75    
Ontario $17.60 $17.95 effective October 1, 2026  
Prince Edward Island $17.00 $17.30 effective October 1, 2026 and $17.60 effective April 1, 2027  
Québec $16.60    
Saskatchewan $15.35    
Yukon $18.51    

 

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