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B.C.’s minimum wage to increase to $17.85 on June 1

May 28, 2025 | 9:56 AM

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Labour Ministry says the province’s lowest paid workers are getting a pay bump as of Sunday.

It says the minimum wage will increase from $17.40 to $17.85 an hour.

The ministry says the 2.6 per cent increase also applies to pay rates for resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers, live-in camp leaders and app-based delivery and ride-hail services workers.

The government says it has made regular, gradual increases to the minimum wage to provide certainty for workers and predictability for businesses.