Alberta Minimum Wage

• Alberta premier defends decision not to increase province’s minimum wage, set to be lowest in Canada

  Starting Wednesday, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage in Canada. The $15 per hour wage hasn't been increased since Rachel Notley's NDP government hiked it in 2018.

  Economy

  Sep 30, 2025
  
• Alberta to have the lowest minimum wage in Canada as of Oct. 1 as NDP calls for boost

  Alberta will soon have the lowest minimum wage in Canada at $15. per hour after Saskatchewan increases its minimum wage to $15.35 per hour on October 1.

  Economy

  Sep 22, 2025
  
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• Calgary’s ‘living wage’ hit by soaring cost of food and housing

  A new report says the living wage (the cost of paying for all neccesities) in Calgary is 63 per cent higher than the province's minimum wage.

  Economy

  Nov 18, 2024
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• Alberta set to have the lowest minimum wage in the country

  Effective Tuesday, Alberta will be tied with Saskatchewan for the lowest minimum wage in Canada at $15 an hour.

  Money

  Sep 30, 2024
• Minimum wage is up in 6 provinces, but can it help ease affordability pressure?

  In Alberta, Quebec, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the minimum wage remained unchanged on Sunday.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023
• Living wage higher than minimum wage: Alberta Living Wage Network

  The living wage in Calgary is now $22.40 an hour, a 20.43 per cent increase from $18.60 in 2021.

  Economy

  Nov 14, 2022
• What impacts could a minimum wage hike have in Alberta?

  British Columbia is increasing its minimum wage and Alberta advocacy groups are calling for the government to make the same move.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2022
• Alberta government strikes panel to advise on wage cut for alcohol servers

  The panel is tasked with advising whether the wage for alcohol servers should be cut back, as well as consolidating existing studies on the effects of a minimum-wage increase under Alberta's former NDP government.

  Politics

  Aug 15, 2019
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• Lower minimum wage for Alberta youth takes effect Wednesday

  The new $13-per-hour minimum wage applies to workers aged 13 to 17. 

  Consumer

  Jun 26, 2019
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• Youth minimum wage rollbacks won’t apply at this year’s Calgary Stampede

  Stampede organizers decided to stick with $15 for everyone this year, given the timing of the government's changes.

  Jun 26, 2019