The federal minimum wage in Canada is set to go up.
The federal minimum wage will rise from the current $17.75 to $18.15 an hour, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) said Tuesday in a press release.
This will apply to all workers in federally regulated industries such as air transportation, banking, most federal Crown corporations, ports and telecommunication, among others.
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The new minimum wage will represent a 21 per cent increase compared to 2021, the government said.
The federal minimum wage is indexed to inflation, which rose by 2.1 per cent in 2025.
“An employee should be paid at least the federal minimum wage. If the minimum wage of the province or territory where the employee usually works is higher than the federal minimum wage, the employer is to pay the higher minimum wage,” ESDC says on its website.
Starting April 1, all employers in federally regulated private sectors will be required to adjust their payrolls accordingly.
After April 1, Yukon ($18.51) and Nunavut ($19.75) will have minimum wages higher than the federal minimum wage, while British Columbia’s minimum wage is set to rise to $18.25 in June.
Worse service, more pay. The Liberal way.
Anonymous:
Give it some thought. If the government can mandate what employees are paid could they also mandate what goods cost?
For example: instead of raising minimum wage, could they not just freeze prices for ALL goods?
Why is it okay to manipulate one aspect of capitalism (the wage effort bargain) but not manipulate supply and demand?
Drop the income tax, stop stealing our money and squandering it and we would be better off. More legislation equals more control.
Everyone whing that COL will rise needs to realize that even if they LOWERED min wage, COL would still rise. ANYTHING is a good enough excuse for companies to raise prices.
And of course the comments are filled with smooth brains outraged that the increase isnt five, ten, or twenty dollars.
Despite the fact that every time these annoucements come prices jump at the announcement, onced in the interim, and once again when the increase is implemented, you idiots want more more more valueluess currency piled on that further drives up prices across the board and drives more inflation.
Does this mean all the parliamentary electives are only gonna get a $.40 per hour raise. I would love to see that.
Politicians should take a wage cut.
They are doing a horrible job.
50 percent less would be a good start .
A 40 cent raise that is a joke minimum wage is supposed to be jumping up no less than at least two to three dollars because of the way of cost of living they should be taking the wages from everybody out there from Mark to everybody drop down their wages they’re getting way too much and they’re not doing their job properly they should be dropping in the door wages and the normal common people’s minimum wage should be jumping up to more than $20 an hour especially with a price of everything
That would have made for a decent living wage in 1973.
Why would need this to happen ? Life has gotten way cheaper under Carney and the genius before him.
$19 an hour wow I’ll be able to buy a house, get an education, trans my kid, MAID my in laws and still have cash left over for donuts .
Elbows up I’m winning
The cost of living is too high. The minmium wage needs to be a million dollars an hour at least.
There. That will fix it.
Cue every buffoon that now will say it is not enough and that a living wage is some made up number.
And we will watch the costs of living go up with it. No one is going to benefit from this, other than the owners of whatever, that can raise the costs. Not even .50 cents per hour, whoo hoo..
Big deal. Still about ten dollars short of the living wage.