EDMONTON -- Alberta plans to increase its minimum wage by $1 to $11.20 on Oct. 1.
Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson says the liquor server minimum wage will also rise to $10.70 from $9.20 per hour. But she says the government will eliminate this differential rate in 2016.
The new NDP government has promised to increase Alberta's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018.
Here's a list of minimum wages in Canada:
- British Columbia: Currently $10.25 for most workers and $9 for those serving alcohol; increasing to $10.45 and $9.20, respectively, in September.\
- Alberta: $11.20 on Oct. 1. Liquor server minimum wage to rise to $10.70 from $9.20 per hour.\
- Saskatchewan: $10.20
- Manitoba: $10.70
- Ontario: Currently $11; $10.30 for students under 18 and $9.55 for workers serving alcohol; increases to $11.25, $10.55 and $9.80, respectively, in October
- Quebec: $10.55 or $9.05 for workers who receive tips
- New Brunswick: $10.30
- Nova Scotia: $10.60 an hour for most workers and $10.10 for "inexperienced" workers
- Prince Edward Island: $10.35, increasing to $10.50 in July
- Newfoundland and Labrador: $10.25, increasing to $10.50 in October
- Yukon: $10.86
- Northwest Territories: $12.50
- Nunavut: $11
