Table A.1
Real minimum wage, average hourly earnings and ratio between these two indicators for Canada and the provinces

Table A.1
Real minimum wage, average hourly earnings and ratio between these two indicators for Canada and the provinces
Table summary
This table displays the results of Real minimum wage Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, calculated using in constant 2013 dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
in constant 2013 dollars
Minimum wage weighted
by number of employees for each province		  
1983 7.87 7.57 7.91 8.03 7.88 8.24 7.61 8.66 9.31 8.40 7.11
1984 7.81 7.25 7.58 7.69 7.50 7.92 7.93 8.35 8.93 8.19 6.84
1985 7.70 7.42 7.44 7.85 7.17 7.58 7.96 8.61 8.83 7.95 6.63
1986 7.53 7.21 7.64 7.62 7.05 7.39 7.78 8.25 8.88 7.69 6.44
1987 7.60 7.01 7.38 7.36 7.09 7.63 7.98 8.32 8.47 7.39 6.25
1988 7.67 7.18 7.23 7.11 6.85 7.69 7.97 8.31 8.10 7.63 6.74
1989 7.71 7.03 7.61 7.66 6.95 7.72 7.88 7.93 7.76 8.18 7.22
1990 7.73 6.74 7.35 7.29 7.13 7.80 7.97 7.59 8.06 7.73 7.41
1991 7.69 6.90 7.12 6.97 7.06 7.68 8.21 7.60 7.86 7.31 7.12
1992 8.14 7.02 7.15 7.58 7.30 7.85 8.96 7.57 7.82 7.80 7.58
1993 8.31 6.90 7.02 7.72 7.20 7.96 9.22 7.37 8.07 7.92 7.88
1994 8.56 6.82 7.04 7.63 7.16 8.27 9.73 7.27 7.93 7.80 7.89
1995 8.64 6.72 6.92 7.53 7.05 8.44 9.71 7.25 7.78 7.63 8.41
1996 8.81 6.74 6.99 7.46 7.47 8.86 9.55 7.48 7.66 7.46 8.92
1997 8.78 7.08 7.40 7.72 7.51 9.01 9.38 7.33 7.89 7.32 8.85
1998 8.75 7.15 7.67 7.69 7.47 9.02 9.30 7.24 7.79 7.37 8.96
1999 8.74 7.14 7.58 7.59 7.35 8.98 9.12 7.69 8.20 7.97 8.91
2000 8.58 6.85 7.55 7.47 7.44 8.77 8.86 7.70 7.99 8.05 8.85
2001 8.48 7.09 7.62 7.46 7.40 8.68 8.60 7.73 7.76 7.86 9.24
2002 8.39 7.19 7.68 7.41 7.31 8.58 8.43 7.92 7.90 7.61 9.42
2003 8.27 7.35 7.73 7.42 7.14 8.66 8.20 8.08 8.17 7.28 9.21
2004 8.31 7.21 7.86 7.74 7.27 8.62 8.38 8.22 7.99 7.18 9.04
2005 8.38 7.20 7.98 7.69 7.22 8.60 8.54 8.29 7.98 7.47 8.86
2006 8.55 7.65 8.10 8.10 7.43 8.62 8.73 8.50 8.60 8.03 8.71
2007 8.63 8.08 8.35 8.38 7.71 8.73 8.86 8.76 8.83 8.02 8.56
2008 8.98 8.68 8.42 8.67 8.29 9.00 9.30 9.08 9.20 8.80 8.38
2009 9.51 9.62 8.91 9.27 8.67 9.48 10.07 9.41 9.70 9.23 8.38
2010 9.86 10.46 9.27 9.81 9.13 9.89 10.62 9.76 9.80 9.24 8.27
2011 9.88 10.38 9.63 10.05 9.61 9.88 10.50 10.00 9.62 9.23 8.71
2012 10.07 10.17 10.10 10.23 9.96 9.89 10.35 10.29 9.68 9.65 9.99
2013 10.14 10.00 10.00 10.26 10.00 10.07 10.25 10.30 10.00 9.82 10.25
Average hourly earnings  
1983 20.45 16.81 14.37 18.05 17.73 19.51 20.28 19.45 21.06 22.69 23.16
1984 20.17 17.13 14.28 17.98 17.77 19.14 20.14 19.72 20.82 22.19 22.55
1985 19.98 17.05 14.07 17.76 17.45 18.89 20.14 19.22 20.33 21.66 22.33
1986 19.67 16.94 13.83 18.00 17.47 18.57 20.00 18.85 20.14 20.85 21.48
1987 19.36 16.22 13.70 17.83 16.98 18.32 19.90 18.30 19.07 20.00 21.12
1988 19.28 16.36 13.96 17.65 16.71 18.44 19.77 18.21 18.56 19.98 20.62
1989 19.35 16.48 14.14 17.37 16.90 18.46 19.90 18.28 18.10 20.14 20.86
1990 19.29 16.08 14.26 17.43 16.68 18.58 19.88 17.98 18.29 20.04 20.35
1991 19.29 16.20 13.82 17.24 16.57 18.21 20.11 17.97 18.02 20.05 20.40
1992 19.68 16.38 14.05 17.72 17.09 18.74 20.54 18.21 18.11 20.47 20.45
1993 19.57 16.78 14.27 17.65 17.14 18.73 20.40 18.14 17.78 20.58 20.05
1994 19.80 17.09 14.29 17.11 16.76 19.16 20.80 17.85 17.87 20.12 20.27
1995 19.67 17.39 15.49 16.79 16.73 18.95 20.65 17.59 17.85 19.42 20.69
1996 19.88 17.90 16.47 16.85 17.08 19.10 20.92 17.46 17.84 19.66 20.72
1997 19.68 17.27 15.54 16.96 17.02 19.07 20.40 17.26 18.50 20.04 20.71
1998 19.83 17.78 16.03 17.83 17.34 18.60 20.87 17.69 18.75 20.86 20.24
1999 19.76 18.42 16.47 18.48 17.49 18.18 20.95 17.95 18.88 21.74 19.21
2000 19.66 18.05 16.05 18.31 17.49 18.20 20.78 17.75 18.69 21.26 19.41
2001 19.96 19.18 17.15 18.93 18.12 18.89 20.80 17.85 19.11 21.85 19.37
2002 19.90 19.27 17.32 18.82 18.07 18.91 20.69 18.25 18.77 21.45 19.45
2003 19.94 20.17 17.25 18.70 18.10 18.81 20.76 18.38 19.12 21.61 19.42
2004 20.17 20.42 17.67 18.87 17.98 19.06 21.01 18.85 19.29 21.87 19.53
2005 20.44 20.67 17.96 19.19 18.40 19.28 21.09 19.23 19.97 22.57 19.85
2006 20.49 20.79 17.66 18.86 18.46 19.13 21.10 19.20 20.34 22.80 20.02
2007 20.85 21.09 17.94 18.91 18.94 19.71 21.41 19.55 20.84 22.99 20.26
2008 21.14 21.01 17.69 18.92 19.37 20.02 21.52 19.84 21.16 23.69 20.68
2009 21.53 21.16 18.96 18.87 19.76 21.14 21.51 20.29 21.84 24.00 21.29
2010 21.61 21.09 18.81 19.74 19.72 21.08 21.64 20.46 22.22 24.37 21.18
2011 21.74 21.76 19.04 19.76 19.69 21.20 21.75 20.85 22.47 24.53 21.14
2012 21.87 22.18 18.88 19.93 19.73 21.20 21.73 20.98 23.06 24.71 21.59
2013 22.27 22.89 18.82 20.01 19.84 21.58 22.00 20.59 23.71 25.32 22.21
Ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings percentage
1983 38.5 45.0 55.0 44.5 44.4 42.2 37.5 44.5 44.2 37.0 30.7
1984 38.7 42.3 53.1 42.8 42.2 41.4 39.4 42.4 42.9 36.9 30.3
1985 38.5 43.5 52.9 44.2 41.1 40.1 39.5 44.8 43.4 36.7 29.7
1986 38.3 42.6 55.3 42.3 40.3 39.8 38.9 43.8 44.1 36.9 30.0
1987 39.3 43.2 53.8 41.3 41.7 41.6 40.1 45.5 44.4 36.9 29.6
1988 39.8 43.9 51.8 40.3 41.0 41.7 40.3 45.6 43.7 38.2 32.7
1989 39.9 42.6 53.9 44.1 41.1 41.8 39.6 43.4 42.9 40.6 34.6
1990 40.0 41.9 51.5 41.8 42.7 42.0 40.1 42.2 44.1 38.6 36.4
1991 39.9 42.6 51.5 40.4 42.6 42.2 40.8 42.3 43.6 36.4 34.9
1992 41.4 42.8 50.9 42.8 42.7 41.9 43.6 41.6 43.2 38.1 37.1
1993 42.4 41.1 49.2 43.7 42.0 42.5 45.2 40.7 45.4 38.5 39.3
1994 43.2 39.9 49.2 44.6 42.7 43.2 46.8 40.7 44.4 38.8 38.9
1995 43.9 38.7 44.7 44.8 42.2 44.6 47.0 41.2 43.6 39.3 40.6
1996 44.3 37.6 42.4 44.3 43.7 46.4 45.7 42.8 43.0 37.9 43.0
1997 44.6 41.0 47.6 45.5 44.1 47.3 46.0 42.5 42.7 36.5 42.7
1998 44.1 40.2 47.9 43.1 43.1 48.5 44.6 40.9 41.5 35.3 44.3
1999 44.3 38.7 46.0 41.1 42.0 49.4 43.5 42.8 43.4 36.7 46.4
2000 43.6 37.9 47.1 40.8 42.5 48.2 42.6 43.3 42.8 37.9 45.6
2001 42.5 37.0 44.4 39.4 40.8 46.0 41.3 43.3 40.6 36.0 47.7
2002 42.2 37.3 44.3 39.4 40.4 45.4 40.7 43.4 42.1 35.5 48.4
2003 41.5 36.4 44.8 39.7 39.4 46.0 39.5 44.0 42.7 33.7 47.4
2004 41.2 35.3 44.5 41.0 40.4 45.2 39.9 43.6 41.4 32.8 46.3
2005 41.0 34.8 44.4 40.1 39.2 44.6 40.5 43.1 39.9 33.1 44.6
2006 41.7 36.8 45.9 42.9 40.3 45.1 41.4 44.3 42.3 35.2 43.5
2007 41.4 38.3 46.6 44.3 40.7 44.3 41.4 44.8 42.4 34.9 42.3
2008 42.5 41.3 47.6 45.8 42.8 45.0 43.2 45.8 43.5 37.1 40.6
2009 44.2 45.5 47.0 49.1 43.9 44.8 46.8 46.4 44.4 38.5 39.4
2010 45.6 49.6 49.3 49.7 46.3 46.9 49.1 47.7 44.1 37.9 39.1
2011 45.4 47.7 50.6 50.9 48.8 46.6 48.3 48.0 42.8 37.6 41.2
2012 46.0 45.9 53.5 51.3 50.5 46.6 47.6 49.0 42.0 39.1 46.3
2013 45.5 43.7 53.1 51.3 50.4 46.7 46.6 50.0 42.2 38.8 46.1
Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH); Labour Force Survey (LFS); Employment and Social Development Canada (minimum hourly rates by year and by province).
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