Ontario minimum wage

$17.95 an hour since October 1, 2026.

From	Hourly rate	Tipped cash wage	Official source
October 1, 2025	$17.60	$17.60 (no tip credit)	api.news.ontario.ca checked 2026-10-26
October 1, 2026	$17.95	$17.95 (no tip credit)	ontario.ca checked 2026-10-26

Other rates in Ontario

Who	Now	Next change	Source
Students under 18 Students under 18 who work 28 hours a week or less when school is in session, or who work during a school break or summer holidays. Students employed as homeworkers get the homeworker rate instead.	$16.90		ontario.ca checked 2026-10-26
Homeworkers Employees who do paid work in their own homes (for example sewing for a clothing manufacturer, answering calls for a call centre, writing software), including students of any age.	$19.70		ontario.ca checked 2026-10-26

Changes not announced yet

October 1, 2027: Annual October 1 indexation to the Ontario CPI. The new rates are published on or before April 1 each year. (ontario.ca)

We add the amount as soon as it's published. The API returns these under pending_changes.

Good to know

No tip credit: liquor servers are paid the general minimum wage, so tipped_cash equals the rate.
Skipped: hunting, fishing and wilderness guides, who have daily block rates ($89.75 for under five consecutive hours, $179.50 for five or more hours, from October 1, 2026).
The 2025 general rate comes from the Ontario Newsroom release of April 1, 2025 (https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1005723). The human-readable page is rendered by JavaScript, so the source given is the newsroom's own API, which returns the same release text.
The ontario.ca minimum wage chapter (https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/minimum-wage) lists all rates in a table: general $17.60, student $16.60, homeworkers $19.35 for October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, and $17.95, $16.90, $19.70 from October 1, 2026.
The homeworker 2025 quote is from the federal ESDC Minimum Wage Database data file (entry with prov_prov_id 40 = Ontario, effective 2025/10/01), because ontario.ca shows that value only inside a table cell too short to quote.

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Get the Ontario rate by API

One call returns the federal, state, county and city rates that apply at an address, the one that governs, the tipped cash wage and the next change, each with its official source.

curl "https://bankday.dev/v1/minimum-wage?state=ON" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BANKDAY_KEY"

API docs · Pricing · State rates are free. City and county rates by name start on the Developer plan, address lookups on the Business plan.

Questions

What is the minimum wage in Ontario in 2027?

$17.95 an hour now; the 2027 amount isn't announced yet.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Ontario?

Ontario doesn't allow a tip credit, so tipped workers get the full $17.95.

Rates come from the official sources linked on this page, checked on the dates shown. This is data, not legal advice: confirm with the official source before relying on it. Found a mistake? Email hello@bankday.dev.