Business in Vancouver December 18-24, 2007; issue 947
Minimum wage across Canada
Alberta: $8, September 1, 2007
British Columbia: $8, Nov. 1, 2001
*Training wage of $6 per hour for first 500 hours worked
Manitoba: $8, April 1, 2007
New Brunswick: $7.25, July 1, 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador: $7.50, October 1, 2007 (scheduled to increase to $8 on April 1, 2008)
Northwest Territories: $8.25, December 28, 2003
Nova Scotia: $7.60, May 1, 2007
Nunavut: $8.50, March 3, 2003
Ontario: $8, February 1, 2007 (scheduled to rise to $10.25 on March 31, 2010)
Prince Edward Island: $7.50, April 1, 2007
Quebec: $8, May 1, 2007
Saskatchewan: $7.95, March 1, 2007 (scheduled to rise to $9.25 on May 1, 2009)
Yukon: $8.37, April 1, 2007 (Effective April 1, 2008, and on April 1 of each subsequent year, the rate will increase by an amount corresponding to the annual increase for the preceding year in the consumer price index for the City of Whitehorse)
Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada