The provincial minimum wage in Manitoba is set to increase by 40 cents effective October 1.
The province announced the increase on Friday which will see the minimum wage increase from $11.95 to $12.35 an hour this fall.
The announcement comes after New Brunswick announced that they increased their minimum wage from $11.75/hr to $12.75/hr on April 1 and already have set up a plan to increase it another dollar later this year to $13.75/hr which means Manitoba will be $1.40 behind New Brunswick after the increase this fall.
Even with the increase in the minimum wage coming later this year Manitoba's minimum wage will still be the second-lowest minimum wage in Canada sitting only above Saskatchewan which sits at $11.81/hr.
