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Table 1 Lowest proportion of minimum wage workers in Alberta
| Province | Total employees | Minimum wage | General adult minimum wage | Average hourly wage | Unemployment rate | Minimum wage + 10% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Incidence | |||||||
| '000 | '000 | % | $/hour | Date | $/hour | % | Frequency (%) | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 194.2 | 18.1 | 9.3 | 9.00 | July 2009 | 19.59 | 15.5 | 15.2 |
| Ontario | 5,503.9 | 447.5 | 8.1 | 9.50 | March 2009 | 22.75 | 9.1 | 14.1 |
| Nova Scotia | 392.1 | 26.6 | 6.8 | 8.60 | April 2009 | 19.00 | 9.2 | 12.5 |
| Quebec | 3,279.6 | 200.8 | 6.1 | 9.00 | May 2009 | 20.80 | 8.5 | 10.2 |
| Canada | 14,147.2 | 817.0 | 5.8 | ... | ... | 22.05 | 8.3 | 10.3 |
| New Brunswick | 323.6 | 17.1 | 5.3 | 8.25 | September 2009 | 18.67 | 8.9 | 10.9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 59.3 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 8.40 | October 2009 | 17.73 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| Manitoba | 523.4 | 24.2 | 4.6 | 9.00 | October 2009 | 19.88 | 5.2 | 10.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 421.3 | 16.4 | 3.9 | 9.25 | May 2009 | 21.55 | 4.8 | 10.2 |
| British Columbia | 1,813.3 | 41.2 | 2.3 | 8.00 | November 2001 | 22.22 | 7.6 | 4.0 |
| Alberta | 1,636.4 | 22.1 | 1.3 | 8.80 | April 2009 | 24.70 | 6.6 | 3.5 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2009. | ||||||||
