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Hourly wage in accommodation and food: Canadian provinces ranked

Measure: Average hourly wage in accommodation and food services ($). All 10 provinces and territories with data in Average hourly wages by industry by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 20.98 (Canada).

Lowest: 18.09 to 18.87 $
Group 2: 18.87 to 19.24 $
Group 3: 19.24 to 19.61 $
Group 4: 19.61 to 21.15 $
Highest: 21.15 to 23.45 $

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Labour Force Survey annual averages for the ten provinces; usual hourly wages of employees at their main job.


1	British Columbia	23.45
2	Ontario	21.15
3	Quebec	20.96
4	Alberta	19.61
5	Nova Scotia	19.48
6	Newfoundland and Labrador	19.24
7	Prince Edward Island	18.88
8	Manitoba	18.87
9	New Brunswick	18.65
10	Saskatchewan	18.09

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01: Employee wages by industry, annual. Reference period: 2025.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by average hourly wage in accommodation and food services ($) (2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0064-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-average-hourly-wage-in-accommodation-and-food-services/

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