General Hourly Minimum Wage Rates in Canada since 1965

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Jurisdiction	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Federal	01-Jul-65 $1.25 ^Footnote1					01-Jul-70 $1.65	01-Jul-71 $1.75	01-Nov-72 $1.90		01-Apr-74 $2.20
Alberta	01-Jan-65 $0.95 ^Footnote2 01-Jan-65 $1.00 ^Footnote3	01-Jul-66 $1.00 ^Footnote4	01-Aug-67 $1.15	01-Jan-68 $1.25		01-Apr-70 $1.40 01-Oct-70 $1.55			01-Jan-73 $1.75 01-Oct-73 $1.90	01-Apr-74 $2.00
British Columbia	01-Jan-65 $1.00 ^Footnote5		01-May-67 $1.10 01-Nov-67 $1.25			04-May-70 $1.50		04-Dec-72 $2.00	03-Dec-73 $2.25	03-Jun-74 $2.50
Manitoba	01-Jan-65 $0.70 ^Footnote6 01-Jan-65 $0.75 ^Footnote7 01-Dec-65 $0.80 ^Footnote8 01-Dec-65 $0.85 ^Footnote9	01-Jul-66 $0.90 ^Footnote10 01-Jul-66 $0.92 ^Footnote11 01-Dec-66 $1.00	01-Dec-67 $1.10	01-Apr-68 $1.15 01-Aug-68 $1.20 01-Dec-68 $1.25	01-Dec-69 $1.35	01-Oct-70 $1.50	01-Nov-71 $1.65	01-Oct-72 $1.75	01-Oct-73 $1.90	01-Jul-74 $2.15
New Brunswick	01-Jan-65 $0.75 ^Footnote12 01-Jul-65 $0.80 ^Footnote13	01-Jul-66 $0.90 ^Footnote14		01-Jan-68 $1.00		01-Jan-70 $1.15	01-Sep-71 $1.25	01-Mar-72 $1.40	01-Jan-73 $1.50	01-Jan-74 $1.75 01-Jul-74 $1.90
Newfoundland and Labrador	01-Jan-65 $0.50 ^Footnote15 01-Jan-65 $0.70 ^Footnote16			01-May-68 $0.85 ^Footnote17 01-May-68 $1.10 ^Footnote18		01-Jul-70 $1.00 ^Footnote19 01-Jul-70 $1.25 ^Footnote20		01-Jun-72 $1.40 ^Footnote21		01-Jan-74 $1.80 ^Footnote22 01-Jul-74 $2.00 ^Footnote23
Northwest Territories				01-Jul-68 $1.25		01-Sep-70 $1.50			01-Sep-73 $2.00	01-Apr-74 $2.50
Nova Scotia	20-Feb-65 $0.80 ^Footnote24 20-Feb-65 $1.05 ^Footnote25	01-Jun-66 $0.85 ^Footnote26 01-Jun-66 $1.10 ^Footnote27		01-Apr-68 $0.90 ^Footnote28 01-Apr-68 $1.15 ^Footnote29 01-Aug-68 $1.00 ^Footnote30 01-Aug-68 $1.25 ^Footnote31			01-Jan-71 $1.10 ^Footnote32 01-Jan-71 $1.30 ^Footnote33 01-Jul-71 $1.20 ^Footnote34 01-Jul-71 $1.35 ^Footnote35	01-Jul-72 $1.55	01-Jul-73 $1.65	01-Jul-74 $1.80 01-Oct-74 $2.00
Ontario	01-Jan-65 $0.90 ^Footnote36 01-Jan-65 $0.95 ^Footnote37 01-Jan-65 $1.00 ^Footnote38 01-Jan-65 $1.00 ^Footnote39 30-Mar-65 $1.00 ^Footnote40 27-Dec-65 $1.00 ^Footnote41				01-Jan-69 $1.30	01-Oct-70 $1.50	01-Apr-71 $1.65		01-Feb-73 $1.80	01-Jan-74 $2.00 01-Oct-74 $2.25
Prince Edward Island	01-Jan-65 $1.00 ^Footnote42	16-Apr-66 $1.10 ^Footnote43		01-Jul-68 $0.80 ^Footnote44	01-Jan-69 $0.85 ^Footnote45 01-Jul-69 $0.95 ^Footnote46 01-Sep-69 $1.25 ^Footnote47			01-Jul-72 $1.10 ^Footnote48	01-Jul-73 $1.30 ^Footnote49 01-Jul-73 $1.40 ^Footnote50	01-Jan-74 $1.65 01-Jul-74 $1.75
Quebec	01-Jan-65 $0.70 ^Footnote51 01-Oct-65 $0.85 ^Footnote52	01-Nov-66 $1.00 ^Footnote53	01-Apr-67 $1.05 ^Footnote54	01-Nov-68 $1.25 ^Footnote55		01-May-70 $1.35 ^Footnote56 01-Nov-70 $1.40 ^Footnote57	01-May-71 $1.45 01-Nov-71 $1.50	01-Aug-72 $1.60 01-Nov-72 $1.65	01-May-73 $1.70 01-Nov-73 $1.85	01-May-74 $2.10 01-Nov-74 $2.30
Saskatchewan				01-Oct-68 $1.05 ^Footnote58	01-Oct-69 $1.25 ^Footnote59		01-Jun-71 $1.50 ^Footnote60	02-Jan-72 $1.70 01-Jul-72 $1.75	01-Dec-73 $2.00	02-Jul-74 $2.25
Yukon				01-Jul-68 $1.25		01-May-70 $1.50		01-Jan-72 $1.75	01-Jun-73 $2.00	01-Jan-74 $2.30

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Footnote1

Federal: First legislated rate for federal jurisdiction.

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Alberta: Urban centres over 5,000 population. (Existing rate as of January 1, 1965.)

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Alberta: Non-Urban areas. (Existing rate as of January 1, 1965)

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Alberta: Applicable in all regions of the province.

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British Columbia: Existing rate as of January 1, 1965.

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Manitoba: Non-urban areas (Existing rate as of Jan. 1, 1965.)

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Manitoba: Urban areas. (Existing rate as of Jan. 1, 1965)

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Manitoba: Rural areas

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Manitoba: Urban areas

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Manitoba: Rural areas

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Manitoba: Urban areas

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New Brunswick: Wholesale, retail and manufacturing. Other rates for other sectors.

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New Brunswick: Wholesale, retail and manufacturing. Other rates for other sectors.

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New Brunswick: Wholesale, retail and manufacturing. Other rates for other sectors.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Women. Existing rate as of January 1, 1965.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Men. Existing rate as of January 1, 1965.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Women.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Men.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Women.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Men.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Employees 18 years of age or older

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Employees 16 years of age or older.

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Newfoundland and Labrador: Employees 16 years of age or older.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow and Sydney. $0.70 in Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.60 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow and Sydney. $0.95 in Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.85 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow and Sydney. $0.75 in Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.65 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow and Sydney. $1.00 in Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.90 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.80 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $1.05 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $0.90 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst and Yarmouth. $1.15 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst,Yarmouth, Antigonish and Port Hawksbury. $1.00 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst,Yarmouth, Antigonish and Port Hawksbury. $1.20 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Women. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst,Yarmouth, Antigonish and Port Hawksbury. $1.10 elsewhere.

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Nova Scotia: Men. In Halifax, Dartmouth, New Glasgow, Sydney, Truro, Amherst,Yarmouth, Antigonish and Port Hawksbury. $1.25 elsewhere.

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Ontario: Northern Ontario Zone. Existing rate as of January 1, 1965.

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Ontario: Women. Southern Ontario Zone.

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Ontario: Men. Southern Ontario Zone.

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Ontario: Oshawa-Toronto-Hamilton area. Existing rate as of January 1, 1965

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Ontario: Women. Southern Ontario Zone

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Ontario: Northern Ontario Zone.

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Prince Edward Island: Men. Existing rate as of January 1, 1965

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Prince Edward Island: Men.

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Prince Edward Island: Women.

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Prince Edward Island: Women.

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Prince Edward Island: Women.

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Prince Edward Island: Men.

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Prince Edward Island: Women.

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Prince Edward Island: Women.

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Footnote50

Prince Edward Island: Men.

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Footnote51

Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was $0.64 on January 1, 1965.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $0.80 on October 1, 1965.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $0.90 on November 1, 1966.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $1.00 on April 1, 1967.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $1.15 on November 1, 1968.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $1.30 on May 1, 1970.

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Quebec: Montreal metropolitan area. The rate outside the Montreal metropolitan area was set at $1.35 on November 1, 1970.

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Saskatchewan: Metropolitan areas (Estevan, Melville, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorktown). The rate outside metropolitan areas was set at $0.10 less.

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