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Ontario’s Minimum Wage Set to Increase Starting October 1
The increase will add $728 a year for a full-time minimum-wage worker, and the province says inflation drives the annual adjustment.
- Ontario's minimum wage will increase to $17.95 per hour on October 1, up from $17.60.
- The wage rise is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation.
- The government states that a person working 40 hours weekly at minimum wage will earn an additional $728 annually due to the increase.
- Labour Minister David Piccini says this increase keeps Ontario among provinces with the highest minimum wages.
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Ontario's minimum wage to rise October 1
More than 700,000 people in the province will see their hourly wage rise from $17.60 to $17.95.
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