| Jurisdiction | Effective Date | Wage Rate
(2) | Note |
| Federal |
18-Dec-1996
| |
Workers under 17 years of age receive the same rate as the general adult rate in the province or territory where they work.
|
Alberta
|
01-Apr-2009
|
$352.00
|
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
|
Alberta
|
01-Apr-2009
|
$1,677.00
|
Per month. For domestic employees residing primarily in the employer's home.
|
British Columbia
|
01-Nov-2001
|
$64.00
|
Per day. For live-in camp leaders.
|
British Columbia
|
01-Nov-2001
|
$80.00
|
Per day. For live-in home support workers.
|
British Columbia
|
01-Nov-2001
|
$1,635.00
|
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 $480.00 plus $19.25 per suite.
|
British Columbia
|
15-Nov-2001
|
$6.00
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For inexperienced workers (i.e. employees who had no paid employment experience prior to November 15, 2001 and who have since accumulated less than 500 hours of paid employment experience with one or more employers).
|
British Columbia
|
15-May-2003
| |
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 $0.314 per pound and $0.149 per pound for brussels sprouts. The rates are based on gross volume or weight. The rate is $0.125 for a bunch of daffodils.
|
Manitoba
|
01-Jun-2008
| |
For employees in the industrial, commercial or institutional (ICI) sector of the construction industry. Rates are based on occupational classification and location of employment. For instance, the hourly rate for a boilermaker journeyperson is $26.60 if his/her place of employment is in Winnipeg and $25.80 if it is outside of Winnipeg. (In addition, an employee who is working on a major building construction project, wherever located, is entitled to the minimum wage rate that applies to an employee in the same occupational classification in Winnipeg).
|
Manitoba
|
01-Jan-2009
| |
For employees in the heavy construction industry. Rates are based on occupational classification (e.g. the rate for a mobile crane operator is $19.15 per hour).
|
New Brunswick
|
01-Jul-1996
|
$242.00
|
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.
|
New Brunswick
|
31-Mar-2008
|
$341.00
|
Per week. For employees whose hours of work are unverifiable and who are not strictly remunerated by commission.
|
New Brunswick
|
01-Jun-2008
| |
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.
|
Nova Scotia
|
01-Apr-2010
|
$8.70
|
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.
|
Nova Scotia
|
01-Oct-2010
|
$9.15
|
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.
|
Ontario
|
31-Mar-2010
|
$8.90
|
For employees who serve liquor in licensed establishments.
|
Ontario
|
31-Mar-2010
|
$9.60
|
Students under 18 employed up to 28 hours in a week, or during a school holiday
|
Ontario
|
31-Mar-2010
|
$11.28
|
For homeworkers. Rate based on 110% the general minimum wage rate.
|
Ontario
|
31-Mar-2010
|
$51.25
|
Per day. For hunting and fishing guides working less than 5 hours in a day.
|
Ontario
|
31-Mar-2010
|
$102.50
|
Per day. For hunting and fishing guides working 5 hours or more in a day.
|
Quebec
|
01-May-2010
| |
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 (e.g. for an employee assigned to the picking of strawberries, the rate is $0.74 per kilogram)
|
Quebec
|
01-May-2010
|
$8.25
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For employees who usually receive gratuities.
|
Quebec
|
01-May-2010
|
$9.50
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For specific sectors of the clothing industry.
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