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B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will see a little more money in their pockets.

The province’s minimum wage is increasing to $17.85 per hour, a 45-cent increase from last year.

That’s a wage increase of 2.6 per cent, which will take effect on Sunday.

“Minimum wage earners are vulnerable to jumps in the price of groceries, rent and gas,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour.

“That’s why we took action last year to ensure the minimum wage keeps up with the cost of living so workers don’t fall further behind.”

Minimum wage rates for residential caretakers, live-in home-support workers, camp leaders and app-based ride-hailing and delivery services workers will receive the same spike.

On December 31, the minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested crops will also increase by the same percentage.

In 2024, approximately 130,000 employees in B.C. earned minimum wage or less, according to labour-force data from Statistics Canada.

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