Some provinces allow lower wages to be paid to liquor servers and other gratuity earners or to inexperienced employees.
The federal government earlier set its own minimum wage rates for workers under its jurisdiction.
Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage.
[3] Assuming a 40-hour workweek and 52 paid weeks per year, the annual gross employment income of an individual earning the minimum wage in Canada is between C$31,200 (in Alberta and Saskatchewan) and C$39,520 (in Nunavut).
[4] The following table lists the hourly minimum wages for adult workers in each province and territory of Canada.