Minimum wage in Ontario rises to $11.40 today

Minimum wage in Ontario officially rises to $11.40 per hour today an increase from $11.25. It marks the third consecutive annual increase, and makes the province's minimum wage one of the highest in the country.

Ontario is one of four provinces seeing their minimum wage increase today. Alberta's minimum wage is increasing from $11.20 to $12.20, and the province plans to increase itto $15 by 2018. The Minimum wage will go up to $11 per hour in P.E.I., and it will increase by 22 cents to $10.72 in Saskatchewan.

October 1 is the date provinces typically raise their minimum wage, but B.C. raised itin September from $10.45 per hour to $10.85.

With the changes today, Newfoundland has the lowest minimum wage in the country at $10.50 per hour.

Liquor servers often have a lower minimum wage, and in Ontario itwill also rise today to $9.90 per hour, up 10 cents from $9.80.