Nunavut gets top minimum wage in Canada

Minimum wages across CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador$8P.E.I.$7.75Nova Scotia$8.10New Brunswick$7.75Quebec$8.50Ontario$8.75Manitoba$8.50Saskatchewan$8.60Alberta$8.40British Columbia$8Northwest Territories$8.25Yukon$8.58Nunavut$10

Nunavut's new $10-an-hour minimum wage will take effect this Friday, Sept. 5, an increase of $1.50 over its current $8.50.

That will make it the highest minimum hourly rate in Canada.

When they voted on it in June, members of the legislative assembly said they wanted it to reflect the higher cost of living in Nunavut.

In a news release, the government said the new rate will apply to all employees, regardless of age.

The wage hadn't increased since September 2003.

Ontario has the next highest minimum wage in Canada at $8.75 an hour. That will increase to $9.50 next March, still 50 cents short of Nunavut's.

Canada’s Key Jobs Report out on Friday

Employment Data Were Not Quite As Bad As Feared

July inflation rate hits 3.4%

Central bank should raise key interest rate, expert group says

Pump prices lift inflation rate