50-Cent Minimum Wage Increase Starting in B.C. September 2017


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The Canadian Press has reported that the minimum wage in B.C. will be increased by 50 cents per hour this September, raising the hourly rate to $11.35 from it’s September 2016 adjustment of $10.85.

While increasing the minimum wage is a move that is usually celebrated, it appears that this adjustment will still leave some of B.C.’s workers living below the poverty line.

During last year’s increase, Irene Lanzinger, the president of the B.C. Federation of Labour,  explained that the increase to $10.85/hour would still leave 500,000 workers earning below $15 an hour, which is still poverty level wages.

In addition to the overall minimum wage hike, the ministry of B.C. has also said that there will be an increase of 50 cents to liquor serving jobs, putting their hourly earning at $10.10 an hour.

There are still more details to come about other industries and how their minimum earnings will be affected by the changing hourly wage, including seasonal workers, caretakers, and camp leaders.

By comparison, B.C.’s minimum wage increase will make it the third highest minimum wage in the country; Alberta’s is currently the highest.

  • Alberta: $13.60 (effective Oct. 2017)
  • B.C.: $11.35 (effective September 2017)
  • Manitoba: $11 (effective 2016)
  • New Brunswick: $11 (effective April 2017)
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: $11 (effective Oct. 2017)
  • Northwest Territories: $12.50 (effective 2016)
  • Nova Scotia: $10.70 (effective April 2016)
  • Nunavut: $13 (effective 2016)
  • Ontario: $11.40 (effective Oct. 2016)
  • P.E.I.: $11 (effective Oct. 2016)
  • Quebec: $11.25 (effective May 2017)
  • Saskatchewan: $10.72 (effective 2016)
  • Yukon: $11.07 (effective April 2016)

Click here to learn more about the minimum wage across the country, or here to learn more about B.C.’s wage increase.


One response to “50-Cent Minimum Wage Increase Starting in B.C. September 2017”

  1. padyofurniture says:

    Nova Scotia’s minimum wage will increase to $10.85 in April 2017.


















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