Ontario’s minimum wage is headed for an increase next month.

Earlier this year, the province announced that starting Oct. 1, 2025, the minimum wage will rise from $17.20 to $17.60 an hour.

As of April 1, 2025, the federal minimum wage in Canada is $17.75 per hour.

The change means an annual pay increase of $835 for a minimum wage worker who works 40 hours per week, according to the province.

A government spokesperson said the annualized wage increase is based on the Ontario Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 2.4 per cent and will bring the province’s minimum wage to the second-highest provincial rate in Canada.

Over the past seven years, Ontario’s minimum wage rose from $14 per hour in 2018 to $17.60 in 2025.

-With files from CityNews’ Lucas Casaletto

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