Canada Labour Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. L-2)

Marginal note:Minimum wage — rate

• 178.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the minimum hourly rate referred to in subsection 178(1) is $15.

• Marginal note:Annual adjustment

  (2) On April 1 of each year after the year in which this section comes into force, the minimum hourly rate is to be adjusted to the rate, rounded up to the nearest $0.05, that is equal to the product of

  • (a) as the case may be,

    • (i) in respect of April 1 of the year after the year in which this section comes into force, $15, or

    • (ii) in respect of April 1 of each subsequent year, the rate that is determined in accordance with this section on April 1 of the preceding year, and

  • (b) the ratio that the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year bears to the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year before that preceding calendar year.

• Marginal note:Consumer Price Index

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a reference to the Consumer Price Index for any calendar year means the average of the all-items Consumer Price Index for Canada, not seasonally adjusted, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act, for each month in that year.

• Marginal note:No adjustment

  (4) Despite subsection (2), the minimum hourly rate is not to be adjusted on April 1 of a given year if on that day the rate determined in accordance with that subsection is less than, as the case may be,

  • (a) in respect of April 1 of the year after the year in which this section comes into force, $15; or

  • (b) in respect of April 1 of each subsequent year, the rate that is determined in accordance with this section on April 1 of the preceding year.