How P.E.I.'s minimum wage stacks up

On Jan. 1, the minimum wage in Ontario increased sharply, to $14 an hour.

That's $2.75 more than minimum wage on P.E.I.

At $11.25 an hour, P.E.I. still sits in the middle when compared with other provinces, and below the overall average of $11.64.

After decades of trailing behind the consumer price index, a measure of inflation, the minimum wage caught up in 2006, and has since grown considerably faster.

In April, P.E.I.'s minimum wage will increase to $11.55 an hour.

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