23.1 (1) The minimum wage is the following: 1.  On or after January 1, 2022 but before October 1, 2022, the amount set out below for the following classes of employees: i.  For employees who are students under 18 years of age, if the student’s weekly hours do not exceed 28 hours or if the student is employed during a school holiday, $14.10 per hour. ii.  For the services of hunting and fishing guides, $75.00 for less than five consecutive hours in a day and $150.05 for five or more hours in a day, whether or not the hours are consecutive. iii.  For employees who are homeworkers, $16.50 per hour. iv.  For any other employees not listed in subparagraphs i to iii, $15.00 per hour. 2.  From October 1, 2022 onward, the amount determined under subsection (4). 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (1). Student homeworker (1.1) If an employee falls within both subparagraphs 1 i and iii of subsection (1), the employer shall pay the employee not less than the minimum wage for a homeworker. 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (1); 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (4); 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (2). Exception (2) If a class of employees that would otherwise be in the class described in subparagraph 1 iv of subsection (1) is prescribed and a minimum wage for the class is also prescribed, (a)  subsection (1) does not apply; and (b)  the minimum wage for the class is the minimum wage prescribed for it. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3; 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (2); 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (5); 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (3). Same (3) If a class of employees and a minimum wage for the class are prescribed under subsection (2), subsections (4) to (6) apply as if the class and the minimum wage were a class and a minimum wage under subsection (1). 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3. Annual adjustment (4) On October 1 of each year starting in 2022, the minimum wage that applied to a class of employees immediately before October 1 shall be adjusted as follows: Previous wage × (Index A/Index B) = Adjusted wage in which, “Previous wage” is the minimum wage that applied immediately before October 1 of the year, “Index A” is the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year, “Index B” is the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year mentioned in the description of “Index A”, and “Adjusted wage” is the new minimum wage. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3; 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (3); 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (6); 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (4). Rounding (5) If the adjustment required by subsection (4) would result in an amount that is not a multiple of 5 cents, the amount shall be rounded up or down to the nearest amount that is a multiple of 5 cents. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3. Exception where decrease (6) If the adjustment otherwise required by subsection (4) would result in a decrease in the minimum wage, no adjustment shall be made. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3. Publication of minimum wage (7) The Minister shall, not later than April 1 of every year after 2021, publish on a website of the Government of Ontario the minimum wages that are to apply starting on October 1 of that year. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3; 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (4); 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (7); 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (5). (8) Repealed: 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (5). Same (9) If, after the Minister publishes the minimum wages that are to apply starting on October 1 of a year, a minimum wage is prescribed under subsection (2) for a prescribed class of employees, the Minister shall promptly publish the new wage that will apply to that class starting on October 1 of the applicable year as a result of the wage having been prescribed. 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3. (10), (11) Repealed: 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (8). Definition (12) In this section, “Consumer Price Index” means the Consumer Price Index for Ontario (all items) published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act (Canada). 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2014, c. 10, Sched. 2, s. 3 - 20/11/2014 2017, c. 22, Sched. 1, s. 15 (1-6) - 01/01/2018 2018, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 6 (1-8) - 01/01/2019 2019, c. 15, Sched. 22, s. 92 - 29/11/2021 2021, c. 40, Sched. 9, s. 1 (1-5) - 01/01/2022 part x   public holidays