13 calculators · 14 jurisdictions

Employment Standards Calculators

What Canadian employers must pay, how much notice they must give, and how long a job must be held during leave: minimum wage, vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, overtime, termination notice periods and job-protected pregnancy/parental leave, for every province and territory and for federally regulated work. Every figure is sourced to the employment standards authority that sets it and stamped with the date it was last verified.

Federally regulated employee? Use the Canada Labour Code severance calculator. Ontario employee? Use the Ontario severance pay calculator.

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Minimum Wage Calculator

Every Canadian minimum wage, and whether yours is legal

Vacation Pay Calculator

The percentage you are owed and the weeks you have earned

Stat Holiday Pay Calculator

Holiday lists, qualifying rules and what the day pays

Statutory Holiday Dates

The real 2026 calendar date for every stat holiday, by jurisdiction

Overtime Pay Calculator

Daily and weekly thresholds, and what a long week pays

Termination Notice Period Calculator

Minimum notice by length of service, distinct from severance pay

Severance Pay by Province

Statutory minimum in dollars for eight provinces, and a check on your offer

Job-Protected Leave Calculator

Pregnancy/parental leave job protection length, distinct from EI benefits

Final Pay Deadline by Province

When final wages are due after a job ends in 11 Canadian jurisdictions

Meal and Rest Break Rules by Province

How long a break is required and after how many hours, for 11 Canadian jurisdictions

Minimum Working Age by Province

The youngest legal working age and the limits on young workers, by province

Paid Sick Leave by Province

Paid and unpaid sick days and who qualifies, by province and federally
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Bereavement Leave by Province

Days off after a death and how many are paid, by province and federally

Pay Frequency Rules by Province

How often wages must be paid and how soon after a pay period, by province

72-Hour Strike Notice Calculator (Federal, BC) | TNAADO

Enter when a strike or lockout notice was given to get the earliest legal start under the Canada Labour Code (s.87.2) or the BC Labour Relations Code.

Alberta Strike Vote & Timeline Calculator

The Alberta strike timeline under the Labour Relations Code: 14-day mediator cooling-off, supervised strike vote, 120-day vote expiry and 72-hour notice.

BC Final Pay Deadline Calculator (ESA s.17-18) | TNAADO

When final wages are due in BC: 48 hours after the employer ends employment, 6 days after an employee quits (ESA s.18), or 8 days after a pay period (s.17).

California Waiting Time Penalty Calculator (plus Oregon)

Enter an hourly rate and the days a final paycheck was late to see the California Labor Code 203 waiting time penalty or the Oregon penalty wages, with the 30-day cap…

Canada Labour Code Complaint Deadlines Calculator | TNAADO

Last day to file an unjust dismissal complaint (90 days, s.240), unpaid wages complaint (6 months, s.251.01) or fair representation complaint (s.97).

Federal Strike Timeline: 21-Day Cooling-Off

Enter the date the Minister notified the parties under the Canada Labour Code to see the 21-day cooling-off end, earliest strike day and strike vote validity.

Final Paycheck Deadline by State: When Must You Be Paid?

Pick a state, say whether you were fired or quit, and enter your last day to get the date your final paycheck is due, with the vacation rule, the penalty and the statute…

Lunch & Rest Break Laws by State: Am I Owed a Break?

Pick a state and enter your shift length to see whether a meal or rest break is required, how long it must be, when it starts and whether it is paid. Covers every state…

Ontario Meal Break Calculator (ESA 30 Minutes) | TNAADO

Enter a shift start and end to see the 30-minute eating periods Ontario's Employment Standards Act requires, the latest start of each, and paid hours.

Strike Vote Expiry Calculator: Federal, BC, Alberta | TNAADO

Enter the strike vote date to see the last day a strike can start before the vote lapses: federal 60 days, British Columbia 3 months, Alberta 120 days.
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Tipped Minimum Wage by State 2026: Cash Wage & Tip Credit

Pick a state to see its minimum cash wage for tipped workers, the maximum tip credit and the employer top-up owed if tips fall short, with the federal $2.13 and $7.25…

Union Open Period Calculator: Raid & Decert

Enter a collective agreement start date and term to see the raid and decertification windows under the Canada Labour Code or the BC Labour Relations Code.

Why there are 14 answers and not one

Employment standards in Canada are provincial, not national. Each province and territory writes its own rules on minimum wage, vacation, statutory holidays and overtime, and a separate federal regime under the Canada Labour Code covers banks, airlines and airports, interprovincial road and rail transport, marine shipping, telecommunications and broadcasting, and federal Crown corporations.

The differences are not cosmetic. Minimum wage ranges from $15.00 to $20.17 an hour. The statutory holiday count runs from six to eleven. Overtime starts at 40 hours a week in some places and 48 in others, and eight jurisdictions add a daily threshold on top. Two provinces price overtime off the minimum wage rather than off your own rate. Vacation pay steps up from 4% to 6% at anywhere between three and fifteen years of service, and one territory never steps up at all.

These calculators keep every jurisdiction’s rules in one table with the source and the verification date attached, which is the only way a set of pages like this stays honest as rates change. Every one of them was last verified on 2 September 2026.

What these calculators do not do

They compute the statutory minimum. A contract or collective agreement can be better than the minimum and can never be worse, so a real pay stub is often higher than what you see here. They also do not model the exemptions — managers, many licensed professionals, farm workers, commission salespeople and a long list of specific industries fall outside some or all of these rules in most jurisdictions, and each page names the exemptions its jurisdiction applies.

For a binding answer, contact the employment standards office named on the jurisdiction page, or a lawyer.

When a job ends

Unpaid vacation pay and unpaid statutory holiday pay are both owed on termination, so these calculators are often the first half of a bigger question. The second half is notice, severance and income support: Ontario severance pay, EI benefits and the paycheck calculator for what any of it nets after tax, CPP and EI.

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