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Canada Minimum Wage Rates By Province
Canada’s Minimum Wage, the minimum hourly pay rate employers can pay their workers, varies across the ten provinces and three territories. Each province and territory in Canada has a distinct set of minimum wage laws specifying the minimum wage, exemptions to the minimum wage, and other labor-law issues.
While the federal New Democratic party has worked to introduce a national minimum wage of $12/hour, as of 2010 there is no national legislation regulating the minimum wage, and all power rests with the provinces and territories.
Although many parties have called for a higher national minimum wage, the minimum wage rates of every Canadian province are significantly higher then the national minimum wage of the United States (currently $7.25 USD).
Canadian Minimum Wage Rates By Province, as of 2013
| Alberta Minimum Wage $9.40 per hour |
British Columbia Minimum Wage $9.50 per hour |
Manitoba Minimum Wage $10.00 per hour |
| New Brunswick Minimum Wage $10.00 per hour |
Newfoundland and Labrador Minimum Wage $10.00 per hour |
Northwest Territories Minimum Wage $10.00 per hour |
| Nova Scotia Minimum Wage $10.15 per hour |
Nunavut Minimum Wage $11.00 per hour |
Prince Edward Island Minimum Wage $9.60 per hour |
| Ontario Minimum Wage $10.25 per hour |
Quebec Minimum Wage $9.65 per hour |
Saskatchewan Minimum Wage $9.50 per hour |
| Yukon Minimum Wage $9.00 per hour |
* Some provinces allow for lower minimum wage rates to be paid to certain employees who receive gratuities, are employed in certain professions, or have little work experience. Click on each province/territory for full details.