How P.E.I.'s minimum wage stacks up
Kevin Yarr | CBC News | Posted: January 10, 2018 12:00 AM | Last Updated: January 10, 2018
Minimum wage on Island almost 40 cents below national average
On Jan. 1, the minimum wage in Ontario increased sharply, to $14 an hour.
That's $2.75 more than minimum wage on P.E.I.
At $11.25 an hour, P.E.I. still sits in the middle when compared with other provinces, and below the overall average of $11.64.
After decades of trailing behind the consumer price index, a measure of inflation, the minimum wage caught up in 2006, and has since grown considerably faster.
In April, P.E.I.'s minimum wage will increase to $11.55 an hour.
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