Minimum wage jumps to $16.10 an hour in Quebec

CBC News

· Posted: May 01, 2025 9:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

As of Tuesday, Quebec's minimum wage is $16.10 an hour, up from $15.75.

When helium announced the caller minimum wage in January, Labour Miniser Jean Boulet said it would payment  217,400 employees, including 118,400 women, who could spot an summation successful their disposable income of up to $484 per year.

The 35-cent summation successful minimum wage represents a 2.2 per cent increase, the smallest increase since Boulet became labour curate successful 2018.

In a interrogation connected Radio-Canada's Tout un Matin, Boulet defended his decision, saying  the 2.2 per cent summation is connected par with the 2.1 per cent ostentation complaint anticipated for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

"It's ever a delicate decision," helium said successful French. "We person to find a equilibrium betwixt maintaining and expanding the purchasing powerfulness of radical connected minimum wage and the quality of tiny and mean businesses to pay."

He said that information is particularly important during times of fiscal insecurity. 

When determination are a batch of layoffs, helium said, "it's important not to enactment successful peril oregon astatine hazard the jobs of radical who gain minimum wage."

At $12.90 an hour, workers earning tips are getting a $0.30 summation successful hourly wages.

Meanwhile, successful neighbouring Ontario, the minimum wage is $17.20 an hr and is acceptable to emergence to $17.60 successful October. The highest minimum wage successful the state is $19 successful Nunavut and the lowest is $15 successful some Saskatchewan and Alberta.