Ontario Set to Hike Minimum Wage October 1st to $16.35/hour

THUNDER BAY – Ontario is going to raise the minimum wage to $16.55 an hour starting from October 1, 2023. This will help low-income workers earn more money to support themselves and their families because the cost of living keeps getting higher every year. The new minimum wage is a 6.8% pay raise, which means people who work 40 hours a week will make an extra $2,200 each year.
There were almost a million workers who earned $16.55 per hour or less in 2022, and most of them were women. The g