Canada raises the minimum hourly pay to $16.65 from April 1, 2023

Highlights: Canada’s federal minimum wage raises from $15.55/hour to $16.65/ hour w.e.f 1st April 2023

• Employment and Social Development Canada increased the federal minimum wage to$16.65/hour.
• Offering an affordable lifestyle for over 26,000 workers in Canada who were earning less than the prevailing rate.
• The updated federal minimum wage applies to all private sectors, which are federally regulated.
• Applicable to all the workers and interns working in banks, interprovincial road, air, marine transportation, and courier and postal services.
• Offering enhanced support to those workers who help the Canadian economy grow.

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Canada’s Federal Wage Rose by $1.10 for all Federal Workers & Interns

In a News Release by Employment and Social Development Canada on March 21, 2023, the government of Canada announced a hike in the per-hour minimum wage for all federally regulated workers and interns from $15.55 to $16.65 w.e.f April 1, 2023.

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The updated federal wages are now applicable to all the private sectors, which are federally regulated, including:

Air transportation (airlines, aerodromes, airports and related operations)	Radio and TV broadcasting
Banks (approved foreign banks)	Railways that either cross international borders or provincial borders and a few short-line railways
Grain elevators, feed warehouses, feed & seed mills, and grain-seed washing plants	Road transportation (buses and trucks that either cross international borders or provincial borders
Indigenous self-governments and first nations band councils (specific activities)	Telecommunications (telephone, telegraph, cable systems and Internet)
A few federal Crown corporations, like Canada Post Corporation	Uranium processing and mining and atomic energy
Port service, ferries, marine shipping, tunnels, bridges, oil and gas pipelines and canals, cross either provincial borders or international borders	Courier & postal services
*Any vital business involved in any one of the listed activities.

Minimum Wages Across Different Canadian Provinces & Territories

With the rise in the federal minimum wage, all employers must pay the rate higher among the federal minimum wages or the minimum wage in specific province/territory operations.

Here is a list of the minimum wage rates in each Canadian province/territory:

Canadian Province/Territory	Minimum Wage Rate
British Columbia	$15.65
Saskatchewan	$13.00
Alberta	$15.00
Manitoba	$13.50
Newfoundland and Labrador	$13.70
Ontario	$15.50
New Brunswick	$13.75
Quebec	$14.25
Nova Scotia	$13.60
Nunavut	$16.00
Northwest Territories	$15.20
Yukon	$15.70

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