BC Minimum Wage

• British Columbia’s minimum wage increasing to $16.75

  Over the last six years, wages have gone up by over four dollars in the province and by the end of the week, it will go from $15.65 an hour to $16.75.

  Economy

  May 28, 2023
  
• Rise in minimum wage will hit fixed-income residents hardest: Penticton chamber of commerce

  B.C.'s minimum wage is set to rise 6.9 per cent and members of the Okanagan's business community are lining up to put in their two cents. 

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2023
  
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• B.C.’s minimum wage goes up another 45 cents but that’s still too low say advocates

  Six per cent of employees in B.C. earned minimum wage or less in 2021 and 52 per cent of employees in B.C. earning that wage were older than 25.

  Economy

  Jun 1, 2022
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• 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
• B.C. minimum wage to go up to $15.65/hr on June 1

  The province announced on Monday that it will link minimum wage increases to inflation. Minimum wage is currently $15.20/hr.

  Economy

  Mar 14, 2022
• Metro Vancouver’s living wage is $20.52 an hour, report says — well above minimum wage

  In Metro Vancouver, the cost of housing rose 8.6 per cent and telecommunications six per cent. 

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2021
• Minimum wage hike welcomed in Okanagan, but more needed, says B.C. Federation of Labour

  The mandated hike puts B.C. in second place for the highest minimum wage in Canada, followed only by the Territory of Nunavut, where it's $16 an hour.

  News

  Jun 1, 2021
• On June 1, B.C.’s minimum wage will become one of the highest in Canada

  The minimum wage in British Columbia will increase to $15.20 an hour and the lower discriminatory minimum wage for liquor servers will end.

  Economy

  May 31, 2021
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• B.C. employers prepare for minimum wage hike on June 1

  The first of four annual increases is coming for British Columbia’s lowest-paid workers starting June 1.

  Economy

  May 31, 2018
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• Report argues minimum wage increases won’t actually help B.C.’s working poor

  Author Charles Lammam says the increase would end up helping the wrong people because of who actually makes minimum wage.

  Economy

  May 29, 2018