BC Set to Raise Minimum Wage Again

Minimum wage workers across B.C. will see a pay boost soon, according to the province’s Labour Minister, Harry Bains.

Yesterday Harry Bains said the general minimum wage will be raised to $15.65 an hour, a raise of 45 cents, effective as of June 1.

The Province is following through on a 2020 commitment to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour through measured, predictable increases, and then tie future increases to the rate of inflation. B.C.'s minimum wage is now the highest of all Canadian provinces.

"The 45 cent increase is based on British Columbia's average annual inflation rate in 2021, at 2.8 percent for the year, B.C.'s inflation in 2021 was the highest since 1993." said Bains.

Along with those changes to BC's general minimum wage, Bains also announced a 2.8 percent increase to other minimum wages, for “live-in camp leaders, live-in home support and resident caretaker workers.”

Bains said an increase of 2.8 percent will also be coming for minimum piece rates of hand harvesting for (15) specific crops in agriculture.

Those new wages will go into effect January 1^st, next year.