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ARTICLE · 12 SEPTEMBER 2014

Yet Another Province Increases Its Minimum Wage – This Time Alberta

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2014 is shaping up to be the year of the minimum wage increase across Canada.

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2014 is shaping up to be the year of the minimum wage increase across Canada. As we reported back in May 2014, the general minimum wage in Ontario was raised from $10.25 per hour to $11.00 per hour as of June 1, 2014. Earlier this week on September 1, 2014, Alberta also raised its general minimum wage from $9.95 per hour to $10.20 per hour, which means that every jurisdiction in Canada has now passed the $10.00 general minimum wage barrier.

In the meantime, 7 other provinces and territories have either increased, or will shortly be increasing, their general minimum wage rate. A list of the new rates and the effective dates is set out below:

Jurisdiction Old rate New rate

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