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Minimum Wage Increases Today In Ontario
The increase will add about $728 a year for a full-time worker, but advocates say it still trails rent and food costs.
- Ontario's general minimum wage rose to $17.95 an hour on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, an increase of 35 cents affecting more than 700,000 workers across the province.
- Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, the province adjusts the minimum wage annually on Oct. 1 based on the Consumer Price Index, ensuring predictable increases tied to inflation.
- For a worker earning minimum wage and working 40 hours a week, the increase translates to an additional $14 per week, or approximately $728 annually before taxes.
- Advocates, including Workers' Action Centre executive director Deena Ladd, called the 35-cent increase a "travesty," arguing rising costs for food, gas, and shelter make it "absolutely unaffordable."
- Anne Coleman, executive director of the Ontario Living Wage Network, noted the living wage in the Greater Toronto Area is $27.20 an hour, $9.25 higher than the new minimum wage.
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Minimum Wage Increases Today In Ontario
ONTARIO-Ontario’s minimum wage increases by 35 cents an hour today. The province says this will benefit more than 700,000 workers across the province. This annual increase is tied to the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 1.9 per cent and marks the second-highest rate among provinces. A worker earning the general minimum wage and working […]
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution73% Left
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- 73% of the sources lean Left
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L 73%
C 27%
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