Quebec's minimum wage will rise from $12.50 to $13.10

MONTREAL -- Quebec's hourly minimum wage will rise from $12.50 to $13.10, or by 4.8 per cent, on May 1, 2020.

Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet made the announcement Wednesday in Quebec City.

The change is expected to affect some 409,000 minimum wage earners in the province, Boulet said.

The $13.10 is significantly less than the $15 that a coalition of some 200 Quebec labour groups and unions had been calling for.

That's the amount that the coalition deems to be a "liveable wage."

The minimum wage for tip-earning workers is also going up May 1 from $10.05 to $10.45 an hour.