| Jurisdiction | Effective Date | Wage Rate
| Note |
| Federal |
18-Dec-1996
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Workers under 17 years of age receive the same rate as the general adult rate in the province or territory where they work.
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| Alberta |
01-Sep-2011
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$9.05
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For liquor servers (employees who, as part of their duties serve liquor, other than on an infrequent or occasional basis, directly to customers in licensed establishments.)
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| Alberta |
01-Sep-2012
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$389.00
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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-Sep-2012
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$1,854.00
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Per month. For domestic employees residing primarily in the employer's home.
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| Alberta |
01-Sep-2013
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$397.00
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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-Sep-2013
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$1,893.00
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Per month. For domestic employees residing primarily in the employer's home.
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| British Columbia |
01-May-2011
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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 $0.343 per pound and $0.163 per pound for brussels sprouts. The rates are based on gross volume or weight. The rate is $0.137 for a bunch of daffodils.
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| British Columbia |
01-May-2012
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$9.00
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For liquor servers (employees whose primary duties are as a server of food or drink or both and who, as a regular part of their employment, serve liquor directly to customers in licensed premises.)
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| British Columbia |
01-May-2012
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$82.00
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Per day. For live-in camp leaders.
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| British Columbia |
01-May-2012
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$102.50
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Per day. For live-in home support workers.
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| British Columbia |
01-May-2012
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$2,094.84
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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 $615.00 plus $24.65 per suite.
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| Manitoba |
01-Jan-2013
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For employees in the industrial, commercial or institutional (ICI) sector of the construction industry. Rates are based on occupational classification. For instance, the hourly rate for a boilermaker journeyperson is $30.25 and $32.90 for a bricklayer journeyperson.
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| Manitoba |
01-May-2013
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For employees in the heavy construction industry. Rates are based on occupational classification (e.g. the rate for a mobile crane operator is $20.90 per hour).
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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
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$440.00
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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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| New Brunswick |
01-Apr-2012
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$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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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2013
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$9.80
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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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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2013
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$10.30
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For employees in a logging or forest operation (A monthly rate is set at $2016.00 for employees who have no fixed work week or whose hours are unverifiable.)
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| Nova Scotia |
01-Apr-2013
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$10.30
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For employees employed in construction, property maintenance work and related activities.
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| Ontario |
31-Mar-2010
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$8.90
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For employees who serve liquor in licensed establishments.
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| Ontario |
31-Mar-2010
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$9.60
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Students under 18 employed up to 28 hours in a week, or during a school holiday
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| Ontario |
31-Mar-2010
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$11.28
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For homeworkers. Rate based on 110% the general minimum wage rate.
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| Ontario |
31-Mar-2010
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$51.25
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Per day. For hunting and fishing guides working less than 5 hours in a day.
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| Ontario |
31-Mar-2010
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$102.50
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Per day. For hunting and fishing guides working 5 hours or more in a day.
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| Quebec |
01-May-2013
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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 ($0.79 per kilogram of strawberries, $2.98 per kilogram of raspberries)
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| Quebec |
01-May-2013
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$8.75
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For employees who usually receive gratuities.
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