As part of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) continuing work to support living wages, its Nova Scotia office has released its annual living wage update for Nova Scotia that, for the first time, also provides the 2024 living wage rates for Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. This broad regional assessment highlights the rising costs of living, and offers recommendations for supporting low-waged workers across the region.
Living wage rates across Atlantic Canada vary, given the regional cost of living differences. There are 11 regional living wages.
This report endeavours to diagnose what is going on for workers in low-income households in Atlantic Canada, what is happening with their real costs of living, and offers a suite of suggestions about what employers and governments should be doing differently.
