Those making the lowest wages in sa国际传媒 will earn roughly a dollar an hour more starting Thursday.
On June 1, sa国际传媒’s minimum wage jumps from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour, a 7.0 per cent increase. This makes sa国际传媒 the province with the highest minimum wage in sa国际传媒, though minimum-wage workers in Yukon make a few pennies more.
The sa国际传媒 government has made annual increases to the minimum wage since 2018, when minimum-wage workers made $12.65 an hour. The series of hikes has raised the minimum by about a third in the past five years.
Before 2017, sa国际传媒 had one of the lowest minimum wages in the country despite being among the most expensive places to live.
The boost, which was announced in early April, is geared toward the rate of inflation and will increase the pay of about 150,000 workers who currently make less than $16.75 an hour.
It also applies to resident caretakers, live-in home support workers and live-in camp leaders. The piece rate for hand-harvesting 15 crops listed in the Employment Standards Regulation will increase by 6.9 per cent on Jan. 1, 2024.
The new base rate is similar to the federal government’s new minimum for federally regulated employees, which rose from $15.55 to $16.65 at the start of April. The 7.0 per cent increase is slightly above the 6.75 per cent increase the sa国际传媒 government gave public sector workers earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the living wage has risen to above $20 an hour for many communities in sa国际传媒
The living wage is the hourly wage that two parents working full-time need to earn to support a family of four, as calculated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. In Greater Victoria, it is $24.29; in Nanaimo, $20.49.
Most jurisdictions in sa国际传媒 are increasing their minimum wages this year, with the exception of Alberta and Nunavut.
A statement from the sa国际传媒 Labour Ministry said it plans to tie all future minimum-wage hikes to the rate of inflation.
MINIMUM WAGES ACROSS CANADA
Minimum wages across sa国际传媒 range from $13 an hour in Saskatchewan to $16.77 an hour in Yukon, according to Statistics sa国际传媒:
• Yukon — $16.77
• sa国际传媒 — $16.75
• Federal — $16.65
• Nunavut — $16
• Ontario — $15.50
• Quebec — $15.25
• N.W.T. — $15.20
• Alberta — $15
• New Brunswick — $14.75
• P.E.I. — $14.50
• Newfoundland — $14.50
• Nova Scotia — $14.50
• Manitoba — $14.15
• Saskatchewan — $13
— With files from the sa国际传媒
