Toronto/CMEDIA: The minimum wage of Ontario’s workers and businesses reportedly is being raised by the Ontario government from $17.20 to $17.60 an hour effective Oct 1, 2025.
“Ontario’s minimum wage remains one of the highest in the country. Now more than ever, workers and businesses need fair, balanced and predictable wages,” David Piccini, minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, said Tuesday in a news release.
Based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI), this annualized wage increase of 2.4 percent will bring Ontario’s minimum wage to the second highest provincial rate in Canada.
“Our government will continue to have the backs of Ontario workers, investing in skills training and development and helping ensure that work pays,” Piccini.
Ontario’s minimum wage will see an annual pay increase of up to $835.00 as a result of these changes based on the Ontario’s CPI, a measure of inflation that represents changes in prices experienced by Ontario consumers under the Employment Standards Act
“This increase is just one of the ways the government is supporting Ontario workers and helping make Ontario the best place to work, live and raise a family. Most recently, Ontario passed the Working for Workers Six Act, 2024, which is helping more workers enter the skilled trades, removing barriers to employment, protecting workers and supporting frontline heroes and women at work” a news release said today.
Over the past seven years, Ontario has witnessed an increase in the minimum wage from $14 per hour in 2018 to $17.60 later this year.
