2024 Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
MINIMUM WAGE RATES ACROSS CANADA, AS OF JUNE 1, 2024
General Minimum Wage: $17.30 per hour or minimum wage of province of employment, whichever is higher.
Separate Minimum Wages: None.
Scheduled Increases: Annual CPI increases every April 1.
General Minimum Wage: $15.00 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- Students ages 13-17 for work done during school breaks or first 28 hours per week of work done while not on break: $13 per hour; additional hours per week beyond 28 hours: $15 per hour
- Salespersons: $598 per week
- Domestics: $2,848 per month
Scheduled Increases: None
General Minimum Wage: $17.40 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- Liquor Servers: $17.40 per hour
- Live-in home support workers: $124.73 per day or part day worked
- Live-in Camp Leaders: $133.69 per day or part day worked
- Resident Caretakers of apt. buildings with 9 to 60 suites: $1,002.53 per month + $40.17 per suite
- Resident Caretakers of apt. buildings with >60 suites: $3,414.85 per month
- Alternate Piece Rates for Harvest Workers: Depends on crop
Scheduled Increases: Regular annual increases based on inflation every June 1
General Minimum Wage: $15.30 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None (Security Guard minimum wage eliminated in Oct. 2022)
Scheduled Increases:
- Regular increases indexed for inflation every October 1
General Minimum Wage: $15.30 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: Alternate rates for construction workers, camp leaders and workers whose hours can’t be verified.
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual CPI adjustments every April 1
General Minimum Wage: $15.60 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None
Scheduled Increases:
Annual increase indexed for inflation rounded up to nearest nickel every April 1
General Minimum Wage: $16.05 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual CPI adjustment every September 1
General Minimum Wage: $15.20 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- Alternate rates for logging, forestry, construction workers
- Separate minimum wage for inexperienced workers eliminated
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual CPI increases rounded to nearest nickel every April 1
General Minimum Wage: $19.00 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None
Scheduled Increases:
- Reviewed every April 1 but increases not required.
General Minimum Wage: $16.55 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- Students under 18: $15.60 per hour
- Liquor servers: Eliminated—now receive general minimum wage
- Hunting & fishing guides: $82.85 per day (< 5 consecutive hours in a day)
- Hunting & fishing guides: $165.75 per day (5 or more hours in a day, whether or not consecutive)
- Homeworkers: $18.20 per hour
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual CPI adjustments every October 1
General Minimum Wage: $15.40 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None
Scheduled Increases:
- Increases 60 cents to $16.00 per hour on October 1, 2024
General Minimum Wage: $15.75 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- Tip earners: $12.60 per hour
- Raspberry pickers: $4.68 per kg
- Strawberry pickers: $1.25 per kg
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual adjustments every May 1
General Minimum Wage: $14.00 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages: None
Scheduled Increases:
- October 1, 2024: $1.00 increase to $15.00 per hour
- Annual inflation increase every October 1
General Minimum Wage: $17.59 per hour
Separate Minimum Wages:
- $40.80 per hour for Category A Classworkers
- $36.58 per hour for Category B Classworkers
- $32.45 per hour for Category C Classworkers
- $29.45 per hour for Category D Classworkers
Scheduled Increases:
- Annual CPI adjustments every April 1