B.C. increasing minimum wage to $16.75 on June 1
How much is the minimum wage going up in B.C.?
B.C. is raising its minimum wage by $1.10 to $16.75 per hour on June 1.
The announcement was made Wednesday by the province’s Labour Minister, Harry Bains.
This is a 6.9 per cent jump from B.C.’s current minimum wage, which is $15.65 an hour.
Come June, B.C. will have the highest minimum wage of all provinces in Canada, according to Bains.
Increases across Canada
This news follows other recent hikes to minimum wage across Canada, including:
- An increase in the federal minimum wage to $16.65 per hour on April 1, 2023
- A jump in the Ontario minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $16.55 per hour, on October 1, 2023.
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