Federal Minimum Hourly Wage

To Whom Does This Apply?

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 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.

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.

Ontario Contact(s):
Southwestern District Office
Labour Program
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Suite 505
Dominion Public Building
457 Richmond Street
London, Ontario  N6A 3E3
Telephone: (519) 645-4047
Toll-free (information): 1-800-567-3862