Minimum wage earners may be feeling the pinch of the cost of living, and Alberta is the only jurisdiction in Canada that has not seen a minimum wage increase this decade.

While every other part of Canada saw a minimum wage increase in 2024 or is due for one this year, Alberta’s last increase was on October 1, 2018, when the minimum wage was set to $15 per hour.

The last update to Alberta’s minimum wage was in June 2019, when the province lowered it for students under 18 from $15 to $13 per hour, though with restrictions on overtime hours and school enrollment.

This is in contrast to everywhere else in Canada; earlier this year, the federal minimum wage was bumped up to $17.75 per hour , effective April 1, 2025.

According to the Retail Council of Canada, provinces and territories, i

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