Minimum wage increasing in Manitoba today

Money is removed from an ATM in Montreal, Monday, May 30, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Manitoba’s minimum wage is on its way up.

Beginning on Wednesday, the minimum wage is increasing 20 cents to $16 an hour.

The province’s minimum wage, which is updated annually, is regulated by the Employment Standards Code. This year’s adjustment is based on Manitoba’s 2024 inflation rate of 1.1 per cent, rounded up to the nearest five cents.

Ontario, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are also seeing minimum wage hikes on Wednesday, while British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec raised their minimum wages earlier in the year. Alberta is the only province that hasn’t boosted its minimum wage this year, with its $15-an-hour rate the lowest in Canada.

• With files from The Canadian Press