P.E.I. minimum wage moving to $11
CBC News | Posted: December 3, 2015 2:19 PM | Last Updated: December 3, 2015
The minimum wage on Prince Edward Island will increase by 50 cents over the course of 2016.
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The wage is currently $10.50/hour. It will go up twice in 2016, to $10.75 on June 1 and $11 on Oct. 1.
That would make the minimum wage in P.E.I. higher than any currently in Atlantic Canada.
- New Brunswick: $10.30/hour
- Nova Scotia: $10.60/hour
- Newfoundland and Labrador: $10.50/hour
Ontario, Alberta and the Northwest Territories currently have minimum wages higher than $11/hour.
The government says about 9.3 per cent of Island workers are paid at the minimum wage rate.