TORONTO—Despite misperceptions, the vast majority of minimum-wage earners in Ontario don’t live in low-income households, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
Between 2009 and 2019, Ontario raised the minimum wage by 24 per cent to $14 an hour, and some groups—including the province’s official Opposition—continue to push for an even higher minimum wage.
“The fact is most minimum-wage earners are teenagers or young adults under the age of 25 and many live with their parents,” said Ben Eisen, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and co-author of Who Earns the Minimum Wage in Canada?
