Bc Minimum Wage Increase 2025. The minimum wage in british columbia increased to $17.40 an hour from $16.75 on june 1, 2025. With inflation rates considered, the living wage is suspected to increase in 2025, indicating a substantial gap between the minimum wage and the cost of living in.

Earlier this year, bc’s minimum wage jumped to $17.40 per hour, well below the living wage, which living wage for families says is $25.68 in metro vancouver. The increase applied to all minimum wage workers in bc regardless of whether.