The following information 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. Effective June 1, 2022 the minimum wage will increase to $15.65 per hour.
Manitoba
General Minimum Wage: $11.95/hour
Effective as of October 1, 2021.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick’s current minimum wage is $11.75 per hour. As of April 1, 2022 the rate will be $12.75 per hour and as of Oct. 1, 2022 the rate will be $13.75 per hour.
Newfoundland and Labrador
General Minimum Wage: $12.75/hour
Effective as of Oct. 1, 2021.
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.
On Feb. 10, 2022, the Government of Nova Scotia announced that the province has committed to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 by implementing the following schedule of increases:
- April 1, 2022: $13.35
- Oct. 1, 2022: $13.60
- April 1, 2023: $14.30
- Oct. 1, 2023: $14.65
- April 1, 2024: $15
Nunavut
General Minimum Wage: $16/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2020.
Ontario
General Minimum Wage: $15/hour
Student Minimum Wage: $14.10/hour
Effective as of Jan. 1, 2022, the special minimum wage rate that previously applied to certain “liquor servers” was eliminated.
Prince Edward Island
General Minimum Wage: $13/hour
Effective as of April 1, 2021. As of April 1, 2022 the minimum wage will increase to $13.70 per hour.
Quebec
General Minimum Wage: $13.50/hour
Tipped Minimum Wage: $10.80/hour
Effective as of May 1, 2021. As of May 1, 2022 the hourly rate for the General Minimum Wage will rise to $14.25 and the hourly rate for the Tipped Minimum Wage will rise to $11.40.
Saskatchewan
General Minimum Wage: $11.81/hour
Effective as of Oct. 1, 2021.
Yukon
General Minimum Wage: $13.85
Effective as of April 1, 2021.
