British Columbia’s minimum wage went up on the weekend. As of yesterday, it went up from $17.40 to $17.85 an hour.

The 2.6% increase also applies to minimum wage rates for resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers, live-in camp leaders and app-based delivery and ride-hail services workers.

This is the fourth year of the government's commitment to tie annual minimum-wage increases to inflation.

In February last year, the Province amended the Employment Standards Act so annual increases to minimum rates happen automatically, based on the previous year’s average inflation rate for B.C.

In 2024, approximately 130,000 employees in B.C. earned minimum wage or less, according to labour-force data from Statistics Canada.

To learn more, visit Government of British Columbia.