| Jurisdiction | Effective Date | Wage Rate
1 | Note |
| Federal |
29-Dec-2021
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$15.00
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An employee should be paid at least the federal minimum wage. If the minimum wage of the province or territory where the employee usually works is higher than the federal minimum wage, the employer is to pay the higher minimum wage.
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| Alberta |
01-Oct-2018
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$598.00
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Per week. For commercial salespersons; automobile, truck or bus salespersons; mobile or residential home salespersons; farm machinery salespersons; construction equipment salespersons and commission salespersons who solicit orders for later delivery
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| Alberta |
01-Oct-2018
|
$2,848.00
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Per month. For domestic employees residing primarily in the employer's home.
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| Alberta |
26-Jun-2019
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$13.00
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Students under 18 employed up to 28 hours in a week, or during a school holiday
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| British Columbia |
15-Sep-2017
|
$113.50
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Per day. For live-in home support workers.
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| British Columbia |
01-Jan-2019
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Crop harvesters employed on a piece rate basis and who hand harvest selected fruits, vegetables, berry crops, or daffodils. For instance, the rate for strawberries is $0.424 per pound and $0.201 per pound for brussels sprouts. The rates are based on gross volume or weight. The rate is $0.169 for a bunch of daffodils.
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| British Columbia |
01-Jun-2020
|
$116.86
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Per day. For live-in camp leaders.
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| British Columbia |
01-Jun-2020
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$2,985.04
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Per month. For resident caretakers of a building of 61 or more residential suites. For an apartment building containing 9 to 60 residential suites the rate is $876.35 plus $35.12 per suite.
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| British Columbia |
01-Jun-2021
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$121.65
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Per day. For live-in camp leaders.
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| British Columbia |
01-Jun-2021
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$3,107.42
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Per month. For resident caretakers of a building of 61 or more residential suites. For an apartment building containing 9 to 60 residential suites the rate is $912.28 plus $35.56 per suite.
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| Manitoba |
01-Oct-2016
|
$12.50
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For licensed security guards.
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| New Brunswick |
01-Jun-2008
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Different minimum wage rates are set for employees engaged in government construction work (buildings, roads and bridges). Rates are based on occupational classification. For example, labourers are entitled to $12.63 per hour.
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| New Brunswick |
01-Apr-2012
|
$440.00
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Per week. For counsellor and program staff who are employed at a residential summer camp by an employer that has notified the Director of employment standards in writing that it is a charitable organization or a not-for-profit organization.
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| New Brunswick |
01-Apr-2018
|
$495.00
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Per week. For employees whose hours of work are unverifiable and who are not strictly remunerated by commission.
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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2018
|
$11.00
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For employees employed in construction, property maintenance work and related activities.
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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2018
|
$11.00
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For employees in a logging or forest operation (A monthly rate is set at $2,162.00 for employees who have no fixed work week or whose hours are unverifiable.)
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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2019
|
$11.05
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For inexperienced employees, i.e., a person who has not been employed for more than three months by any employer to do the work for which he/she is presently employed.
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| Ontario |
01-Oct-2020
|
$12.45
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For employees who serve liquor in licensed establishments.
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| Quebec |
01-May-2019
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For employees assigned mainly to non-mechanized operations relating to the picking of raspberries or strawberries. The rates are established on the basis of yield ($0.99 per kilogram of strawberries, $3.71 per kilogram of raspberries)
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| Quebec |
01-May-2020
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$10.45
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For employees who usually receive gratuities.
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| Yukon |
01-Apr-2018
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For employees engaged in government construction work. Rates are based on occupational classification. For example, the hourly rate for a general labourer is $24.12.
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