The Manitoba Government has announced that it will increase minimum wage to $16.00/hr effective October 1, 2025.
Updated annually, Manitoba’s minimum wage is regulated through the Employment Standards Code. This year’s increase of 20 cents per hour will raise the minimum wage from $15.80 to $16.00. This adjustment reflects Manitoba’s 2024 inflation rate of 1.1 per cent, rounded up to the nearest five cents.
History of Hourly Minimum Wage in Manitoba:
| October 1, 2024 | $16.00 |
| October 1, 2024 | $15.80 |
| October 1, 2023 | $15.00 |
| April 1, 2023 | $14.15 |
| October 1, 2022 | $13.50 |
| October 1, 2021 | $11.95 |
| October 1, 2020 | $11.90 |
| October 1, 2019 | $11.65 |
| October 1, 2018 | $11.35 |
| October 1, 2017 | $11.15 |
| October 1, 2015 | $11.00 |
| October 1, 2014 | $10.70 |
| October 1, 2013 | $10.45 |
| October 1, 2012 | $10.25 |
| October 1, 2011 | $10.00 |
| October 1, 2010 | $9.50 |
| October 1, 2009 | $9.00 |
| May 1, 2009 | $8.75 |
| April 1, 2008 | $8.50 |
| April 1, 2007 | $8.00 |
| April 1, 2006 | $7.60 |
| April 1, 2005 | $7.25 |
| April 1, 2004 | $7.00 |
| April 1, 2003 | $6.75 |
| April 1, 2002 | $6.50 |
| April 1, 2001 | $6.25 |
| April 1, 1999 | $6.00 |
| January 1, 1996 | $5.40 |
| July 1, 1995 | $5.25 |
| March 1, 1991 | $5.00 |
