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Ontario minimum wage to rise to $17.60/hour October 1

The Ontario government is increasing the minimum wage from $17.20 to $17.60 an hour effective October 1, 2025. This annualized wage increase is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2.4 per cent and will bring Ontario’s minimum wage to the second highest provincial rate in Canada. 

A worker making the general minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an annual pay increase of up to $835.00 as a result of these changes. Under the Employment Standards ActOntario’s minimum wage increases annually based on the Ontario CPI, a measure of inflation that represents changes in prices experienced by Ontario consumers.

Over the past seven years, Ontario’s minimum wage has increased from $14 per hour in 2018 to $17.60 later this year.

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