Minimum Wage Updates

The minimum wage table that follows includes the most up-to-date current rate listing for all jurisdictions across Canada as well as any upcoming rate changes including recently announced.

Jurisdiction	Rate/Hour Effective Date	Effective Date
Federal (Canada Labour Code, Part III)	Aligned with provincial/ territorial minimum wage in each jurisdiction	December 1996
Alberta (under 18 and works 28 hours a week or less)	$13.00	June 26, 2019
Alberta	$15.00	October 1, 2018
British Columbia
General	$14.60	June 1, 2020
	$15.20	June 1, 2021
Liquor Servers	$13.95	June 1, 2020
	$15.20	June 1, 2021
Manitoba
General	$11.65 $11.90	October 1, 2019 October 1, 2020
Security guard workers	$12.50	October 1, 2017
New Brunswick¹	$11.70	April 1, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador	$11.65 $12.15	April 1, 2020 October 1,2020
Northwest Territories	$13.46	April 1, 2018
Nova Scotia
Experienced workers	$12.55	April 1, 2020
Inexperienced workers²	Eliminated	April 1, 2020
Nunavut	$16.00	April 1, 2020
Ontario
General	$14.00 $14.25	January 1, 2019 October 1, 2020
Students under 18 working 28 hours week or less	$13.15 $13.40	January 1, 2019 October 1, 2020
Serving alcohol on licensed property	$12.20 $12.45	January 1, 2019 October 1, 2020
Prince Edward Island	$12.85	April 1, 2020
Quebec
General	$13.10	May 1, 2020
Employees receiving tips	$10.45	May 1, 2020
Saskatchewan	$11.32 $11.45	October 1, 2019 October 1, 2020
Yukon	$13.71	April 1, 2020

¹ There are special minimum wage rates for certain categories of employees in government construction work, and counsellors and program staff at residential summer camps.

² An inexperienced employee is an employee who has not been employed by their current employer or other employers to do their current job for three calendar months.