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Ontario Leave & Compensation

Minimum Wage

General Minimum Wage: $17.60 per hour 

Separate Minimum Wages

Students under 18: $16.60 per hour.

Hunting & fishing guides: $88.05 per day (< 5 consecutive hours in a day).

Hunting & fishing guides: $176.15 per day (5 or more hours in a day, whether or not consecutive).

Homeworkers: $19.35 per hour.

Standard Work Hours

Weekly Overtime – All hours worked over 44 hours in a week.

Sick Days

3 days a year for sick leave if employee has worked for employer for at least 2 consecutive weeks

Average Workers Comp Assessment Rate 2026

$1.23 per $100

Workers’ Comp Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2026

$121,700

All leaves are unpaid unless specified otherwise:    

17 weeks' pregnancy leave

63 weeks' parental leave (61 weeks for mothers who also take pregnancy leave)

104 weeks' child death leave

104 weeks' crime-related child disappearance leave

37 weeks' critically ill child leave

17 weeks' critically ill adult leave, declared emergency leave for as long as the declared emergency lasts

8 weeks' family caregiver leave

17 weeks' family medical leave to care for an adult

37 weeks' family medical leave to care for a minor child, infectious disease emergency leave for as long as the declared emergency lasts

13 weeks' organ donor's leave, reservist leave for as long as necessary for employee to perform military reservist duties

Vacation

  • Must work 12 months before entitled to vacation time.
  • Entitled to 2 weeks of vacation after each of the first year of employment and must be paid at least 4% of vacationable earnings.
  • After 5 years of employment, entitlement is 3 weeks with 6% vacationable earnings. 

Statutory Holidays

New Year's Day Victoria Day Thanksgiving Day
Family Day Canada Day Christmas Day
Good Friday Labour Day Boxing Day

*Easter Monday is for government employees only.

Statutory Holiday Pay

Regular wages earned by the employee in the 4 work weeks before the work week with the public holiday plus all of the vacation pay payable to the employee for the 4 work weeks before the work week with the public holiday, divided by 20