Overtime Pay in Canada by Province: Daily Rules, Weekly Rules and Six Worked Weeks
Overtime in Canada is paid at least 1.5 times the wage almost everywhere, but the hours that trigger it are not the same, and in two provinces the 1.5 is applied to the minimum wage and not to the worker's own rate. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador count only the week (over 44 hours in Ontario, PEI and New Brunswick, over 40 in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, over 48 in Nova Scotia). British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and federally regulated employers count the day as well as the week. So the same five 9-hour days, 45 hours in all, produce 1 overtime hour in Ontario, 5 in Quebec and 5 in each of the daily-rule jurisdictions. At $25 an hour that is $1,137.50 in Ontario and $1,187.50 elsewhere, a gap of $50 for an identical week. This guide checks all ten provinces, two territories and the federal rules against government pages (Yukon's pages could not be opened), runs six different weeks through them, then covers averaging agreements, holiday weeks, banked time, who is exempt and why the minimum-wage floor in New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador changes the answer for a well-paid worker. The pay differences come from the threshold, not the rate.
The rules side by side
Every figure in this table comes from the provincial, territorial or federal government page named in the sources, checked October 23 and 24, 2026. The Yukon's Employment Standards Act and fact sheets returned an access error from every address tried, so Yukon is not covered here. Quebec, Alberta and the others are as described in their own pages, and each jurisdiction's page is the authority for its own rules.
| Jurisdiction | Daily trigger | Weekly trigger | Rate | Time off in place of pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | none | over 44 hours | 1.5 × regular rate | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, by written or electronic agreement |
| Quebec | none | over 40 hours | 1.5 × regular rate | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, on the employee's request |
| Federal (Canada Labour Code) | over 8 hours | over 40 hours | at least 1.5 × regular wage | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, by written agreement |
| Alberta | over 8 hours | over 44 hours | at least 1.5 × regular wage | 1 hour per overtime hour, under an overtime agreement |
| Saskatchewan | over the scheduled day (8 or 10 hours) | over 40 hours | at least 1.5 × regular wage | 1.5 hours banked per overtime hour, by signed written agreement |
| Manitoba | over 8 hours | over 40 hours | 1.5 × regular wage | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, by written agreement |
| British Columbia | over 8 hours; double time over 12 | over 40 hours, counting only the first 8 hours of each day | 1.5 × regular rate; 2 × past 12 hours in a day | banked wages, on the employee's written request |
| Nova Scotia | none | over 48 hours (general rule) | 1.5 × regular wage; some groups 1.5 × minimum wage | none on the page checked |
| Prince Edward Island | none | over 44 hours (Act current to June 30, 2026) | 1.5 × regular wage rate | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, on written notice, taken within three months |
| New Brunswick | none | over 44 hours | at least 1.5 × the minimum wage ($23.85 from April 1, 2026) | banking not permitted |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | none | over 40 hours | at least 1.5 × the minimum wage ($24.53 from April 1, 2026) | none stated in the regulation |
| Northwest Territories | over 8 hours | over 40 hours | at least 1.5 × regular hourly rate | 1.5 hours per overtime hour, written agreement, within 3 months |
| Nunavut | over 8 hours | over 40 hours | at least 1.5 × regular rate | none stated in sections 4 to 11 |
Where both a daily and a weekly rule exist, the jurisdictions treat the combination differently. Alberta pays the greater of the daily total and the weekly total ("whichever is greater" is the government's phrase for the 8/44 rule). The federal page says an employer uses the higher of the two when they differ. Saskatchewan's page says the employee receives whichever is greater, overtime by the day or by the week. British Columbia works differently, because its weekly count includes only the first 8 hours of each day, so the two kinds of overtime do not overlap. Manitoba counts hours over 8 in a day and hours over 40 in a week, and its fact sheet does not explain how the two combine, so Manitoba is left out of the computed weeks below. In the Northwest Territories the government's FAQ says overtime is calculated on both a daily and a weekly basis and works an example: a 9-hour day has 1 overtime hour, and on a sixth day in the same week every hour is overtime because 40 regular hours were already worked. That is the same method as the BC weekly count, so the Northwest Territories are computed that way. Nunavut's Act defines overtime as hours past the standard 8 a day and 40 a week and does not say how the two combine, so Nunavut is not computed.
Six weeks through the rules
All six weeks use a $25 regular rate. For each week the table gives the overtime hours and the week's pay, so the premium is easy to see. Straight pay is total hours times $25.
| Week | Hours | Straight pay | Ontario | Quebec | Federal | Alberta | Saskatchewan (8-hour schedule) | British Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Five 9-hour days | 45 | $1,125.00 | 1 h, $1,137.50 | 5 h, $1,187.50 | 5 h, $1,187.50 | 5 h, $1,187.50 | 5 h, $1,187.50 | 5 h, $1,187.50 |
| 2. Four 10-hour days | 40 | $1,000.00 | 0, $1,000.00 | 0, $1,000.00 | 8 h, $1,100.00 | 8 h, $1,100.00 | 8 h, $1,100.00 | 8 h, $1,100.00 |
| 3. Five 8-hour days and a 6-hour Saturday | 46 | $1,150.00 | 2 h, $1,175.00 | 6 h, $1,225.00 | 6 h, $1,225.00 | 2 h, $1,175.00 | 6 h, $1,225.00 | 6 h, $1,225.00 |
| 4. Days of 8, 10, 6 and 13 hours | 37 | $925.00 | 0, $925.00 | 0, $925.00 | 7 h, $1,012.50 | 7 h, $1,012.50 | 7 h, $1,012.50 | 6 h at 1.5 and 1 h at 2.0, $1,025.00 |
| 5. Four 11-hour days | 44 | $1,100.00 | 0, $1,100.00 | 4 h, $1,150.00 | 12 h, $1,250.00 | 12 h, $1,250.00 | 12 h, $1,250.00 | 12 h, $1,250.00 |
| 6. Six 8-hour days | 48 | $1,200.00 | 4 h, $1,250.00 | 8 h, $1,300.00 | 8 h, $1,300.00 | 4 h, $1,250.00 | 8 h, $1,300.00 | 8 h, $1,300.00 |
The same six weeks in the jurisdictions whose rules are closer to Ontario's, at the same $25 regular rate. In New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador the legal rate for overtime hours is a floor of 1.5 times the minimum wage, which at $25 an hour is lower than the worker's own rate, so no premium is owed.
| Week | Nova Scotia (over 48) | Prince Edward Island (over 44) | New Brunswick (over 44, floor $23.85) | Newfoundland and Labrador (over 40, floor $24.53) | Northwest Territories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Five 9-hour days | 0, $1,125.00 | 1 h, $1,137.50 | 1 h, $1,125.00 | 5 h, $1,125.00 | 5 h, $1,187.50 |
| 2. Four 10-hour days | 0, $1,000.00 | 0, $1,000.00 | 0, $1,000.00 | 0, $1,000.00 | 8 h, $1,100.00 |
| 3. Five 8-hour days and a 6-hour Saturday | 0, $1,150.00 | 2 h, $1,175.00 | 2 h, $1,150.00 | 6 h, $1,150.00 | 6 h, $1,225.00 |
| 4. Days of 8, 10, 6 and 13 hours | 0, $925.00 | 0, $925.00 | 0, $925.00 | 0, $925.00 | 7 h, $1,012.50 |
| 5. Four 11-hour days | 0, $1,100.00 | 0, $1,100.00 | 0, $1,100.00 | 4 h, $1,100.00 | 12 h, $1,250.00 |
| 6. Six 8-hour days | 0, $1,200.00 | 4 h, $1,250.00 | 4 h, $1,200.00 | 8 h, $1,200.00 | 8 h, $1,300.00 |
A worker in Nova Scotia gets no overtime at all in any of these weeks, because the highest is 48 hours and the line is above 48. The hours are the same as in the first table, and the premium is not.
Each cell is the arithmetic from that jurisdiction's own rule. For example, week 4 in British Columbia is the ministry's worked example: hours of 8, 10, 6 and 13 against scheduled hours of 8, 8, 6 and 8. The 10-hour day has 2 hours at time and a half, and the 13-hour day has 4 hours at time and a half (hours 9 to 12) plus 1 hour at double time. Pay is 30 hours at $25 plus 6 hours at $37.50 plus 1 hour at $50, which is $750 + $225 + $50 = $1,025.
What each week shows
Week 1 is the cleanest case of the daily rule. The employee never works more than 9 hours, and the total is 45. Ontario's weekly threshold is 44, so 1 hour is overtime. Everywhere with a daily rule, each 9th hour is overtime on its own, so there are 5. Quebec's weekly threshold is 40, so there are also 5.
Week 2 is a compressed week. Four 10-hour days total exactly 40 hours, so Ontario and Quebec owe nothing. In every jurisdiction with an 8-hour daily trigger, though, each day has 2 overtime hours, and the week costs $100 more. Saskatchewan's daily trigger follows the schedule, so an employee scheduled for four 10-hour days would have no overtime here. The table's Saskatchewan column assumes an 8-hour schedule.
Week 3 is where the weekly threshold matters. No day passes 8 hours, so the daily rules give nothing, but the week totals 46. Alberta compares that with 44 and gets 2 hours, while Quebec, the federal rule, Saskatchewan and British Columbia compare it with 40 and get 6. British Columbia's weekly count uses only the first 8 hours of each day, which here is all the hours. Ontario also compares with 44 and pays 2.
Week 4 shows how short days offset long ones. Only 37 hours are worked, so no weekly threshold is reached, but the 10-hour and 13-hour days are overtime under the daily rules. The same week pays $925 in Ontario and Quebec and $1,012.50 to $1,025 elsewhere.
Week 5 is the largest spread: 44 hours of work produce no overtime in Ontario, 4 hours in Quebec and 12 hours elsewhere. A worker on four 11-hour days earns $150 more in a daily-rule jurisdiction than in Ontario.
Week 6 is a 48-hour week with no long days, so only weekly thresholds apply: 4 hours in Ontario and Alberta, 8 hours elsewhere. The difference is the threshold, 44 against 40.
When the floor is the minimum wage
New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador define the minimum overtime rate as 1.5 times the minimum wage, not 1.5 times what the worker earns. New Brunswick's page puts the figure at $23.85 an hour from April 1, 2026 (1.5 × $15.90), and says employers must pay at least that for each hour past 44 in a work week and may not bank the hours. Newfoundland and Labrador's regulation sets the rate each April 1 as the minimum wage multiplied by 1.5 and rounded to the nearest cent, which its government gave as $24.53 from April 1, 2026 (1.5 × $16.35).
For a minimum-wage worker the floor is the same as time and a half. For a worker whose regular rate is above it, the statutory floor is no premium at all. The table shows week 1 (five 9-hour days, 45 hours) for a minimum-wage worker and for a $25 worker in each province.
| Province | Regular rate | Week 1 straight pay | Week 1 pay under the rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | $15.90 | $715.50 | $723.45 (1 hour at $23.85) |
| New Brunswick | $25.00 | $1,125.00 | $1,125.00 (1 hour at $25.00) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $16.35 | $735.75 | $776.65 (5 hours at $24.53) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $1,125.00 | $1,125.00 (5 hours at $25.00) |
Nova Scotia has a related split. Its general rule is 1.5 times the regular wage after 48 hours a week, but some groups, including managers, supervisors, oil and gas employees, primary fish and agricultural processors, flat-rate auto mechanics, some professionals, IT professionals and shipbuilders, receive 1.5 times the minimum wage after 48 hours. Construction workers are paid overtime after 110 hours over two weeks. A contract or an employer's policy may promise more than any of these floors, and the statute is only the minimum.
Why Alberta behaves differently
Alberta is the one jurisdiction in the table that pairs a daily trigger of 8 hours with a weekly trigger of 44. The result is that long days still count (weeks 2 and 4 and 5 above), but a plain 46-hour week of regular days gives only 2 hours of overtime (week 3). Alberta's own examples show the "greater of" logic: one has 3 hours over 8 in a day and 41 hours in the week, so the 3 daily hours count because the week is under 44. Another has 14 hours of daily overtime and 17 of weekly overtime, so the 17 weekly hours are banked or paid. Alberta also publishes industry exceptions. Ambulance attendants, taxi drivers and trucking use a 10-hour daily trigger with weekly thresholds of 60 or 50, some occupations use monthly thresholds of 191 hours, and firefighting uses 441 hours.
Averaging agreements and modified schedules
Several jurisdictions let employers and employees average hours over a period, so that a schedule with long days is not overtime each day. The details differ.
| Jurisdiction | What the government page says |
|---|---|
| Ontario | A written or electronic agreement can average hours over two to four consecutive weeks. Overtime applies only if the average exceeds 44 hours a week. A non-union agreement needs an expiry date no more than two years out. |
| British Columbia | An agreement, signed before it starts, averages scheduled hours over 1 to 4 weeks. Daily overtime still applies to hours worked beyond the scheduled hours of the day, and weekly overtime applies to hours above the average of 40 a week. |
| Federal | Hours can be averaged over two or more weeks for irregular schedules. Under a modified schedule the average must not exceed 40 standard hours or 48 maximum hours a week. |
| Quebec | With CNESST authorization, hours can be calculated over several weeks, and the average must correspond to the normal week, generally 40 hours. |
| Manitoba | Employers with an Averaging Permit from Employment Standards are an exception to the standard hours. |
| Alberta | The overtime page has no averaging section, apart from a footnote for firefighters (44 hours averaged over the work cycle). |
| Nova Scotia | A fixed-cycle averaging agreement, for a pre-determined cycle of work that repeats and provides extended time off, can avoid overtime unless the hours average more than 48 a week over the cycle. |
| Prince Edward Island | A written averaging agreement can average hours over two to four weeks for deciding overtime, with overtime above an average of 44 hours a week. |
| Northwest Territories | Hours above 10 a day or 60 a week need an Extended Hours or Overtime Averaging Order, unless there is an emergency. |
Week 2, four 10-hour days, shows what an averaging agreement is worth. In British Columbia without an agreement, the week pays $1,100 with 8 hours at time and a half. With a signed averaging agreement scheduling four 10-hour days and averaging 40 hours, the scheduled 10-hour days are not overtime, and the same week pays $1,000. The $100 difference is why the paperwork matters. A day longer than the scheduled hours would be overtime again under the agreement, which is the BC ministry's example of an employee scheduled for 10 hours who works 12.
Holiday weeks
A public holiday changes the thresholds in some places and the counting in others. The table uses a week in which an employee works four 9-hour days, Monday to Thursday, and Friday is a paid holiday.
| Jurisdiction | How the holiday is treated | Overtime hours |
|---|---|---|
| Quebec | The holiday counts as hours worked: 36 + 8 = 44, so 4 hours are over 40 | 4 |
| Federal | Standard weekly hours are reduced by 8 for each holiday, so the weekly line is 32 and 36 − 32 = 4. Daily overtime is also 4 | 4 |
| Saskatchewan | In a week with a public holiday, overtime starts after 32 hours, so 36 − 32 = 4. Daily overtime is also 4 | 4 |
| Manitoba | General holidays count as hours worked: 36 + 8 = 44, so 4 hours over 40 | 4 |
| Northwest Territories | In a week with a statutory holiday, overtime is calculated after 8 hours a day and 32 regular hours in the week: 36 − 32 = 4, and daily overtime is also 4 | 4 |
| Nunavut | In a week with a general holiday that earns holiday pay, standard hours are 8 a day and 32 in the week, and hours worked on the holiday are left out of the overtime calculation | 4 |
All four reach the same result in this example, and that is not an accident. Counting a paid holiday as 8 hours worked against a 40-hour line (Quebec, Manitoba) is the same as lowering the line to 32 and counting only the hours actually worked (federal, Saskatchewan). Take a week of four 8-hour days plus a 6-hour Saturday, with Friday a holiday: Quebec's CNESST gives the same pattern in its own example, 38 hours worked plus 8 counted for the holiday is 46, and 6 hours are over 40. The federal and Saskatchewan methods give 38 minus 32, which is also 6. The difference matters only between jurisdictions that adjust for the holiday and those that do not. Ontario's guide says public holidays and premium-pay hours can change how overtime is calculated, and the Ontario public holiday pay guide covers the holiday side of it.
Taking time off instead
Overtime does not always come as money. The ratio of time off to overtime hours differs, and so does the deadline.
| Jurisdiction | Ratio | Deadline or condition |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 1.5 hours per hour | taken within three months, or twelve months if agreed in writing or electronically; unused time is paid out when employment ends |
| Alberta | 1 hour per hour (a lower ratio than pay) | within 6 months after the end of the pay period in which it was earned; unused time is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate |
| Federal | 1.5 hours per hour | within 3 months, or up to 12 months if agreed in writing; paid within 30 days if employment ends first |
| Quebec | 1.5 hours per hour | on the worker's request |
| Manitoba | 1.5 hours per hour | by written agreement |
| Saskatchewan | 1.5 hours per hour | signed written agreement; taken or paid out within 12 months; remaining banked time paid within 14 days of the last day of work |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.5 hours per hour | written notice from the employee; taken within three months of the end of the work week; paid as overtime if employment ends first |
| Northwest Territories | 1.5 hours per hour | written agreement; used within 3 months; the employee can ask for payment at any time |
| New Brunswick | not permitted | the page says the banking of hours is not permitted |
Ten overtime hours bank 15 hours of time off in Ontario and 10 in Alberta. The two are consistent because Alberta's rule pays out unused banked time at 1.5 times the wage, and the other provinces build the premium into the time off. In British Columbia the bank holds wages, not hours: the employee can ask for part or all of it to be paid out, or for time off with pay, and the employer can close a bank on one month's written notice and must settle within six months.
Salaried employees, and who is exempt
To see what a salary is worth per hour before and after deductions, the salary to hourly guide and the paycheque deductions guide work the conversion, and the paycheque and employment standards hub lists the other payroll rules.
Salary does not remove overtime for employees who are covered. Manitoba's fact sheet is explicit: salaried employees are entitled to overtime, and the way to find the rate is to divide the salary by total hours and pay 1.5 times that for overtime. Ontario's guide says employers cannot lower the regular rate to reduce overtime pay and that employees cannot give up their overtime rights by agreement.
Exemptions are listed on each page and are not the same everywhere.
| Jurisdiction | Not covered by the general overtime rules (examples from the government pages) |
|---|---|
| Ontario | Managers and supervisors doing managerial or supervisory work; some jobs with a different threshold |
| British Columbia | Managers, commission salespeople and certain industries such as agriculture and high technology |
| Alberta | Managers and supervisors, many professionals, certain licensed salespersons, waged non-family farm and ranch workers and domestic employees |
| Manitoba | Managers, and employees who substantially control their own hours and earn twice the Manitoba average industrial wage |
| Quebec | Managerial staff, farm workers and employees whose hours cannot be controlled outside the workplace, among others |
| Federal | Managers, superintendents and members of architectural, dental, engineering, legal or medical professions, plus some transport and other industries covered by separate regulations |
| Nova Scotia | Most farm employees, real estate and car salespeople, commissioned salespeople who work outside the employer's premises, insurance agents, employees on a fishing boat, apprentices and some domestic workers |
| New Brunswick | Professional athletes, people working in a private home for the homeowner, independent contractors, and agricultural services on small farms with three or fewer employees |
A job title does not settle the question; the duties do. In Ontario, the guide says mixed work counts if at least half of an employee's hours fall in an overtime-covered job category.
Common schedules, and what the premium adds up to
A recurring schedule is where the rules compound. The table shows the overtime premium (the extra half of the regular rate on each overtime hour, at $25) for schedules that many employers use, week after week. "Daily-rule" means the federal rule, Alberta, Saskatchewan (with an 8-hour schedule) and British Columbia, which give the same figure for these schedules.
| Schedule | Hours a week | Ontario | Quebec | Daily-rule jurisdictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 × 12-hour days | 36 | $0 | $0 | $150 |
| 4 × 10-hour days | 40 | $0 | $0 | $100 |
| 5 × 10-hour days | 50 | $75 | $125 | $125 |
| 4 × 12-hour days | 48 | $50 | $100 | $200 |
| 5 × 12-hour days | 60 | $200 | $250 | $250 |
Over 50 weeks, the 3 × 12 pattern pays an extra $7,500 a year in a daily-rule jurisdiction against nothing in Ontario or Quebec. The 4 × 12 pattern pays $10,000 against $2,500 in Ontario and $5,000 in Quebec. These differences explain why compressed schedules are usually arranged through an averaging agreement or a permit where the law allows one: without it, a schedule that fits the weekly law can still be daily overtime. They also explain why a worker who moves across a provincial border to the same job, with the same hours and the same hourly rate, can see a different annual income.
Alberta's pattern deserves its own note. With a 4 × 12 week, Alberta compares 16 daily overtime hours with 4 weekly ones and pays the 16. With a 5 × 10 week it compares 10 with 6 and pays the 10. In each case the 8/44 rule gives the same answer as 8/40 would, because the daily count is the larger. The weekly 44 only decides the outcome when no single day is long enough to produce it, as in week 3 and week 6 above.
Checking your own pay stub
The method for any week is the same. Write down the hours worked each day and the day's scheduled hours. Find the daily overtime under your jurisdiction (hours past the daily trigger, and double time past 12 in British Columbia). Find the weekly overtime (hours past the weekly trigger, counting only the first 8 hours a day in British Columbia). Combine the two the way your jurisdiction does: the greater of the two in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the federal rules, the sum in British Columbia because the weekly count excludes daily overtime hours, and only the weekly line where there is no daily trigger. Multiply the overtime hours by 1.5 times the regular rate. Then compare the figure to the stub.
For week 4 in British Columbia, the check is: daily overtime hours of 2 + 4 at time and a half and 1 at double time, weekly overtime of 0 (the first 8 hours a day sum to 30), so the stub should show 30 regular hours, 6 time-and-a-half hours and 1 double-time hour. If it shows 37 regular hours, the employer has ignored the daily rule. Keep your own record of start and finish times for the weeks in question, because the daily rules depend on when each day began and ended and a stub shows only totals. If a complaint is needed, the ministry or the labour standards office for your province is the authority, and a daily log makes the arithmetic above easy to reproduce for them. With your own week of hours in hand, the salary to hourly overtime calculator does the multiplication once you know which rule applies.
Sources
- Ontario, Your Guide to the Employment Standards Act: Overtime pay (44 hours, 1.5 times, averaging two to four weeks, time off, salaried and other pay structures): https://www.ontario.ca/document/your-guide-employment-standards-act-0/overtime-pay (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of British Columbia, Overtime pay and Averaging agreements (daily 8 and 12, weekly 40 counting the first 8 hours a day, statutory holidays, banking, averaging 1 to 4 weeks): https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/hours/overtime-pay and https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/employment-standards-advice/employment-standards/hours/averaging-agreements (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of Alberta, Overtime hours and overtime pay (8/44 rule, whichever is greater, examples, time off, exceptions, exemptions): https://www.alberta.ca/overtime-hours-overtime-pay (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of Saskatchewan, Overtime in a day versus overtime in a week (daily and weekly thresholds, greater-of rule, 32 hours in a public-holiday week): https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/employment-standards/overtime/general-overtime-information/overtime-in-a-day-versus-overtime-in-a-week (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of Manitoba, Employment standards fact sheet on overtime (8 and 40, 1.5 times, general holidays count, salaried employees, banking, permits): https://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards/doc,overtime,factsheet.html (checked October 23, 2026)
- CNESST (Quebec), Overtime (40 hours, 50% premium, holiday example, time off, hours averaging, exceptions): https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/en/working-conditions/wage-and-pay/wages/overtime (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of Canada, Hours of work in federally regulated workplaces (8 and 40, 1.5 times, time off, higher of daily and weekly, holiday reduction, averaging, exemptions): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/workplace/federal-labour-standards/work-hours.html (checked October 23, 2026)
- Government of New Brunswick, Minimum wage, overtime and minimum pay for reporting for work (44 hours, 1.5 times the minimum wage, $23.85 from April 1, 2026, banking not permitted, exclusions): https://www.gnb.ca/en/topic/jobs-workplaces/labour-market-workforce/employment-standards/wage-pay.html (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of Nova Scotia, Overtime pay (48 hours, 1.5 times regular wage, special groups, 110 hours over two weeks for construction, fixed-cycle averaging, exclusions): https://novascotia.ca/lae/employmentrights/overtime.asp (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of Prince Edward Island, Employment Standards Act, consolidation current to June 30, 2026 (section 15: 44-hour standard week; section 24: 1.5 times, time off in lieu; section 25: averaging over two to four weeks): https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/sites/default/files/b281/E-6.3-Employment%20Standards%20Act.pdf (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Labour Standards Regulations section 5 (40 standard hours) and section 9(4) (minimum overtime rate = minimum wage × 1.5, rounded): https://assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/regulations/rc960781.htm ; news release of February 26, 2026 (minimum wage $16.35 and minimum overtime rate $24.53 from April 1, 2026): https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2026/government-services/0226n02/ (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of the Northwest Territories, Employment Standards frequently asked questions (8 and 40, daily and weekly, 1.5 times, 32-hour holiday week, time off 1.5 hours within 3 months, 10 and 60 maximum): https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/employment-standards/frequently-asked-questions (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of Nunavut, Labour Standards Act, official consolidation (sections 4, 5 and 11: 8 and 40 standard hours, 10 and 60 maximum, 1.5 times, 8 and 32 in a holiday week; the consolidation is current to June 13, 2022): https://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/policies-legislations/2025-11/Labour_Standards_Act__2022_.pdf (checked October 24, 2026)
- Government of Saskatchewan, Overtime banks (1.5 hours banked per overtime hour, written agreement, 12 months): https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/employment-standards/overtime/overtime-banks (checked October 24, 2026)
- The weeks and the holiday example are hand calculations at a $25 regular rate, with Saskatchewan shown for an 8-hour scheduled day.