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10/27/2026

Canada minimum wages 2027: PEI confirmed, federal rate still pending

Prince Edward Island's minimum wage will rise to $17.60 an hour on 1 April 2027 , up from $17.30 (+1.73%) - and as of late October 2026, that is the only 2027 rate officially confirmed anywhere in the country. Every other rate, including the ...

10/06/2026

6 min

Ontario's $19/day child care rate: ESDC funds 2031, fees only to 2027

Ontario families paying for regulated child care got concrete news on 29 September 2026, but the announcement came with two different expiry dates worth reading carefully. The federal government, through Employment and Social Development Canada ...

10/06/2026

6 min

Five provinces lift minimum wages on 1 October: Canada payroll guide

Five Canadian provinces raised their minimum wage on 1 October 2026, with increases ranging from 25 to 40 cents an hour. Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island all moved on the same date, driven by separate ...

10/05/2026

7 min

Bill C-39 rewrites federal bargaining rules: a Canada Labour Code briefing for HR leaders

The rules governing collective bargaining in Canada's federally regulated workplaces are being rewritten for the first time in a generation. Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, contains in its Part 3 a substantial rewrite of Part I of the ...

09/22/2026

8 min

ESDC's CAD 8B trades push: HR planning priorities for 2027

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC / Emploi et Développement social Canada) opened a five-year hiring window for skilled-trades employers on 18 September 2026, and the financial architecture is unusually precise. Under the CAD 8 b...

08/14/2026

6 min

Canada invests $3.2M in First Nations youth skills training

A federally funded, community-led Indigenous employment pipeline in Alberta has published retention and wage data that most entry-level hiring programmes in Canada cannot match: 76% of participants still in employment one year after placement, ...

08/14/2026

8 min

Ottawa's $5.4M ECE workforce plan: what HR leaders must know

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC / Emploi et Développement social Canada) has committed up to $5.4 million CAD through the Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program, running to 31 March 2027, to modernise occupational standards and m...

08/10/2026

8 min

Canada's ghost-job problem: what pay-transparency law changes for HR

Nine in ten hiring managers now admit to posting listings they have no immediate plan to fill, according to Resume Genius's 2026 recruitment trust report. For People and Culture teams across Canada, that figure lands in a specific regulatory ...

08/10/2026

7 min

IRCC's C20 overhaul puts overseas payroll at the centre of multinational transfers

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has rewritten the eligibility criteria for the C20 Reciprocal Employment stream inside Canada's International Mobility Programme (IMP), and the change carries immediate consequences for ...

07/27/2026

6 min

C.D. Howe data: Canada's average retirement age reaches 65.4

If you are somewhere in your late 50s or early 60s and quietly wondering whether you will actually stop working at 65, a new C.D. Howe Institute report has data worth sitting with. The average Canadian retirement age climbed to 65.4 years in ...

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