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What are the provincial minimum wages?

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Provincial Minimum Wages (check special conditions & changes lower on this page)

As of June 1st, 2011, minimum hourly wages for each province are:

Province General Wage
Alberta $8.80
BC $8.75
Manitoba $9.50
New Brunswick $9.50
Newfoundland $10.00
NWT $10.00
Nova Scotia $9.65
Nunavut $11.00
Ontario $10.25
PEI $9.30
Quebec $9.65
Saskatchewan $9.25
Yukon $9.00

Special conditions & changes:

Alberta; wage increase on Sept 01 2011 to $9.05 for liquor servers, $9.40 for all other workers

BC; wage will increase on Nov 01 2011 to $9.50 and again on May 01 2012 to $10.25

Manitoba; minimum wage for construction workers is $12.60

NB; wage will increase on Sept 01 2011 to $10.00

NS: inexperienced workers is $9.15 for their first 3 months

ON; students under 18 years old and working less than 28 hours per week their minimum wage is $9.60. Liquor servers are $8.90 and home-workers are $11.28 (if home-workers are under 18 and working less than 28 hours per week their minimum wage is $11.28 and not $9.60)

PEI; wage will increases on Oct 01 2011 to $9.60 and Apr01 2012 to $10.00

QC; minimum wage for workers receiving tips is $8.35