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: Not yet announced ($117,000 in 2025)

(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, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and 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