2024 Ontario Agricultural Wage Rates


NEW INSERT TO CONTRACT Section 3. – PAYMENT OF WAGES: The employer is obligated to adjust wages immediately to the new applicable provincial minimum wage rate should a change occur.

Piece work rate is a way of calculating pay that is based on the change of work an employee completes. Piece work rate must be set at a level so that the employee earns at minimum a hourly rate of no less than $16.71 which represents the Ontario SAWP wage for 2024 between January and September 30, at which time the rate may change according to provincial legislation.

Wage rates that do not specify lower skilled or higher skilled are considered to be “General Farm Labour” wage rates.  For Supervisor positions please contact Service Canada for the current median wage.

Commodity Wage Term
Apiary

Supervisor $18.63 / HR

Technician/Worker $16.71 / HR

Labourer $16.71 / HR

As of January 1, 2024
Vegetables
(includes ginseng and mechanically harvested tomatoes but excludes legumes)
$16.71 / HR As of January 1, 2024
Seed Corn $17.53 / HR As of January 1, 2024
Dairy

Higher Skilled $18.48 / HR

Lower Skilled  $16.71 / HR

As of January 1, 2024
Nurseries / Sod
Including Christmas Trees

$16.71 / HR

As of January 1, 2024
Flowers $16.71 / HR As of January 1, 2024
Fruit
(Includes apples)
$16.71 / HR As of January 1, 2024
Greenhouse Vegetables $16.71 / HR As of January 1, 2024
Grains / Oil Seeds

$16.71 / HR

As of January 1, 2024
Tobacco Black / Flue

$16.71 / HR

As of January 1, 2024
Mushrooms

Worker  $17.42 / HR

Labourer $16.55 / HR

As of January 1, 2024

 

Pedigreed Canola Seed $17.42 / HR
As of January 1, 2024
Poultry / Duck Higher Skilled  $18.06 / HR

Lower Skilled  $16.71 / HR

 

As of January 1, 2024
Bovine / Horse / Mink / Sheep Higher Skilled (Manager/supervisor/specialized livestock worker) $18.06/ HR

Lower Skilled (Labourer or farm machinery operator) $16.71 / HR

 

As of January 1, 2024
Swine Higher Skilled (Manager/supervisor/specialized livestock worker) $17.79 / HR

Lower Skilled (Labourer or farm machinery operator) $16.71 / HR

 

As of January 1, 2024
Maple Syrup $17.53 / HR As of January 1, 2024