Announced back in February, British Columbia’s annual minimum wage increase will take effect next week.
On Monday, June 1, the province’s general minimum wage will bump up 40 cents from $17.85 to $18.25 per hour.
It’s an increase of just over 2.1%, which is based on BC’s average monthly inflation rate for 2025.
Resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers, live-in camp leaders and app-based ride-hailing and delivery service workers will receive the same 2.1% increase.
The minimum agricultural piece-rate wages for the hand harvesting of specified crops will also go up by 2.1%, but that doesn’t take effect until New Year’s Eve.
“The Dec. 31 date for the annual increase to the minimum piece rates ensures crop producers will not need to adjust wages in the middle of the harvesting season,” a release from the Province explains.
BC has seen minimum wage increases annually since 2017 and they are now protected by law, with the amount automatically tied into the previous year’s inflation.
In 2011, BC’s minimum wage was the lowest in Canada at just $8 per hour, but the province now has the highest minimum wage among Canadian provinces.
Here’s a look at how BC stacks up with the rest of Canada as of June 1, 2026:
