Alberta’s hourly minimum wage is currently set at $12.20 per hour, after the NDP government’s first of three scheduled minimum wage increases in 2016.

With this increase, Alberta also eliminated the separate minimum wage for workers who serve liquor. Most provinces do not have different minimums for liquor servers or other categories or workers (like youth).

Minimum wage will rise a further $1.40, to $13.60 per hour, on Oct. 1, 2017, and by $1.40, to $15 per hour, on Oct. 1, 2018.