Federal Minimum Hourly Wage
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
Last Verified:
2005-10-25
Act:
Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2, s. 178
Regulation:
Not applicable.
To Whom Does This Apply?
Employers and employees involved in federal works, undertakings and businesses, known as federal jurisdiction.
These are businesses and organizations whose main activities include:
- railways, road transport, ferries, canals, tunnels, and bridges that extend beyond the border of a province or Canada;
- air transport, aircraft operations, and aerodromes;
- shipping and shipping services;
- telephone, telegraph, and cable systems;
- radio and television broadcasting;
- banks;
- pipelines;
- most grain elevators; flour and seed mill, feed warehouses and grain-seed cleaning plants;
- uranium mining and processing; and
- most federal Crown corporations, such as Canada Post Corporation and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Note: If you are employed in or operate an undertaking other than described above, please contact your provincial or territorial labour department for information relating to labour standards.
Summary
The Canada Labour Code governs, among other items, wages in federal works, undertakings and businesses.
The minimum wage is a basic labour standard that sets the lowest wage rate that an employer can pay to employees who are covered by the legislation.
| Jurisdiction |
Federal Minimum Wage Rate |
| Alberta |
$7.00 |
| British Columbia |
$8.00 |
| Manitoba |
$7.60 |
| New Brunswick |
$6.70 |
| Newfoundland |
$6.75 (June 2006) $7.00 (Jan. 2007) |
| Northwest Territories |
$8.25 |
| Nova Scotia |
$7.15 |
| Nunavut |
$8.50 |
| Ontario |
$7.75 (Feb. 2006) $8.00 (Feb. 2007) |
| Prince Edward Island |
$7.15 |
| Quebec |
$7.75 |
| Saskatchewan |
$7.55 (Mar. 2006) $7.95 (Mar. 2007) |
| Yukon Territory |
$8.25 |
DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.
Alberta Contact(s):
Regional Workplace Equity Officer
Labour Program
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Room 280
Harry Hays Building
220 - 4th Avenue South East
Calgary, Alberta
T2G 4X3
Fax: 403-292-4678
Toll-free (publications): 1-866-713-4397
Labour Branch
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Suite 1440
Canada Place
9700 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 4C1
Fax: 780-495-2998
Toll-free (information): 1-866-713-4397
National Contact(s):
See regional contact(s).
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