Canada raises federal minimum hourly wage

Canada raises federal minimum hourly wage

The changes will take effect nationwide on April 1, 2022.

Every April 1, the minimum wage for federal employees in Canada is indexed to keep up with inflation. There are about 18,500 employers in industries whose minimum wages are regulated by the Canadian government.

Federal employees are not the only ones considered to be civil servants. Let's list the major private sector industries that Canada regulates at the federal level:

  • transport: air traffic, railroads, bus traffic, road freight traffic, ferry traffic, sea traffic;
  • postal and courier services;
  • oil and gas pipelines;
  • uranium mining and processing, nuclear power;
  • elevators, feed mills and grain refineries;
  • banks;
  • radio, television, telephone, telegraph, Internet;
  • Indigenous self-governing bodies.

Private firms Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are also federally regulated and supported.

The minimum wage for federal employees will increase from $15 CAD to $15.55 CAD per hour. For those working in provinces where the overall minimum wage is higher, the higher rate will still apply. As of early 2022, only Nunavut paid more — $16 CAD per hour. To read the minimum rates for all provinces in 2021, see separate article.

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