Starting April 1st , New Brunswick will have the highest minimum wage in Atlantic Canada.

This will be the third $1 per-hour increase to the minimum wage rate of the province in the past 12 months. Following the increase, it will be pushed to $14.75 per hour, which is the highest in Atlantic Canada. The minimum wage in New Brunswick currently stands at $13.75.

After two increases in 2022 totaling $2 per hour, the minimum wage of the province is again indexed to the province's consumer price index, which increased by 7.3 per cent in 2022 as per the New Brunswick government. “Our government has done significant work in terms of New Brunswick’s minimum wage from indexing adjustments to the consumer price index, to making a necessary course correction in 2022 to make us more competitive and improve the standard of living,” said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Trevor Holder.

This new move by the government will affect 5.7% of the provincial paid workforce which is almost equivalent to 19,000 minimum wage earners in New Brunswick.

Source: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2023.01.0039.html