Manitoba’s minimum wage set to hit $10.70 an hour on Oct. 1

WINNIPEG – Minimum wage in Manitoba will increase to $10.70 an hour effective Oct. 1, the province announced Wednesday.

“We have increased the minimum wage every year since 2000,” Labour Minister Erna Braun said in a news release.

The change increases minimum wage another 25 cents per hour and makes Manitoba’s minimum wage the fourth highest in the country.

Minimum wage since 2000:

• April 1, 2001 – $6.25
• April 1, 2002 – $6.50
• April 1, 2003 – $6.75
• April 1, 2004 – $7
• April 1, 2005 – $7.25
• April 1, 2006 – $7.60
• April 1, 2007 – $8
• April 1, 2008 – $8.50
• May 1, 2009 – $8.75
• Oct. 1, 2009 – $9
• Oct. 1, 2010 – $9.50
• Oct. 1, 2011 – $10
• Oct. 1, 2012 – $10.25
• Oct. 1, 2013 – $10.45
• Oct. 1, 2014 – $10.70