The information below has been compiled by Restaurants Canada to provide an overview of minimum wage rates impacting foodservice operations in each province and territory.
Alberta
General Minimum Wage: $15.00/hour
Student Minimum Wage: $13.00/hour
Effective as of June 26, 2019.
British Columbia
General Minimum Wage: $15.20/hour
Both the general minimum wage and liquor server wage increased to $15.20/hour on June 1, 2021, effectively eliminating the liquor server wage.
Manitoba
General Minimum Wage: $11.90/hour
Effective as of October 1, 2020. Based on Manitoba’s Consumer Price Index for 2020, the minimum wage will increase on Oct. 1, 2021 to $11.95 per hour.
New Brunswick
General Minimum Wage: $11.75/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2021.
Newfoundland and Labrador
General Minimum Wage: $12.50/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2021. On Oct. 1, 2021, the minimum wage will increase by 25 cents.
Northwest Territories
General Minimum Wage: $13.46/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2018.
Nova Scotia
General Minimum Wage: $12.95/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2021.
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Nunavut
General Minimum Wage: $16/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2020.
Ontario
General Minimum Wage: $14.25/hour
Student Minimum Wage: $13.40/hour
Liquor Server Minimum Wage: $12.45/hour
Effective as of Oct. 1, 2020. As of Oct. 1, 2021, the general minimum wage rate employers must pay employees is increasing to $14.35/hour, the minimum wage rate employers must pay employees who are students is increasing to $13.50/hour and the minimum wage rate employers must pay liquor server employees is increasing to $12.55/hour.
Prince Edward Island
General Minimum Wage: $13/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2021.
Quebec
General Minimum Wage: $13.50/hour
Tipped Minimum Wage: $10.80/hour
Effective as of May 1, 2021.
Saskatchewan
General Minimum Wage: $11.45/hour
Effective as of Oct. 1, 2020.
Yukon
General Minimum Wage: $13.85
Effective as of April 1, 2021.
