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Hourly wage in wholesale and retail: Canadian provinces ranked (2025)

Measure: Average hourly wage in wholesale and retail trade ($). 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: 27.59 (Canada).

Lowest: 22.85 to 23.99 $
Group 2: 23.99 to 25.64 $
Group 3: 25.64 to 26.19 $
Group 4: 26.19 to 28.61 $
Highest: 28.61 to 29.02 $

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	Alberta	29.02
2	British Columbia	28.61
3	Ontario	28.46
4	Quebec	26.19
5	Saskatchewan	26.12
6	Manitoba	25.64
7	Nova Scotia	24.52
8	Newfoundland and Labrador	23.99
9	New Brunswick	23.67
10	Prince Edward Island	22.85

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 wholesale and retail trade ($) (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-wholesale-and-retail-trade/

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