Starting in 2024, the minimum wage for ECEs in Ontario will increase.

Beginning in 2024, Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) in Ontario will receive a new minimum wage increase of $3.86 per hour, according to the provincial government.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced on November 16, 2023, an increase in the starting hourly minimum wage for RECEs from $20 to $23.86.

With the exception of the Greater Toronto Area, all provincial regions now pay beginning RECEs the new minimum wage in Ontario, which brings their pay up to par with the new living wages.

Beginning in 2024, the Ontario government will implement five new strategies as part of a comprehensive plan to increase the number of child care workers and safeguard children. These strategies are as follows:

The Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system across Canada is raising the starting pay for RECEs working for child care operators from $20 per hour to $23.86 per hour.

1) extending the deadline for the $1/hour raise in order to make more RECEs eligible

2) helping with career progression and entry into the field

3) Less red tape and more flexibility in staffing programs will benefit employers.

4) launching a PR campaign to increase respect for and awareness of the child care industry

Currently, Ontario has over 473,000 licensed places, 145 licensed home child care organizations, and over 5,500 licensed child care centres. For those in Canada who want to work as early childhood educators, this is good news.

The province implemented measures in 2022, such as a new wage floor for RECEs working in settings that participate in the CWELCC system, and starting in 2023, wage increases of $1 per hour. This salary increase builds on those measures.

The announcement is a continuation of Ontario's leadership, which has already fulfilled numerous promises made to families in the province through the CWELCC system.

This includes the continuous creation of 86,000 new licensed spaces, support for parental choice in child care, and a 50% average reduction in child care fees, translating into savings of $6,000 to $10,000 per child.

As of October 1, 2023, the minimum wage in Ontario, Canada, is $16.55 per hour.

What is Ontario's living wage?

$25.05 in the Greater Toronto Area

Grey Bruce Perth Huron Simcoe: $22.75

Dufferin The Waterloo Wellington to Guelph: $20.90

Brant Niagara Haldimand North: $19.80; Norfolk: $20.35

East: $20.60, Ottawa: $21.95

$20.80 for Hamilton

Southwest: $18.65

London Oxford Elgin: $18.85

The minimum wage necessary for an employee to meet their basic needs—such as food, housing, and medical care—without turning to the government or other sources of financial support is known as the living wage.

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