Another minimum wage increase is coming in British Columbia this year.
On June 1, the province’s general minimum wage will get a 40-cent bump from $17.85 to $18.25 per hour.
Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside says working people in British Columbia are “feeling the pressure of inflation.”
BC’s average monthly inflation in 2025 was just over 2.1% and the Province says the 2026 minimum wage increase keeps pace with that.
Resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers, live-in camp leaders, piece-rate agricultural workers, and app-based ride hailing and delivery-service workers will all get a minimum wage bump as well.
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.
