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In 2013, 50% of minimum wage workers were between the ages of 15 and 19; in 1997, it was 36%. 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997. Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage."
The provincial GDP in 2021 was C$504,5 billion, [9] making Quebec the second largest economy in Canada after Ontario. The provincial debt-to-GDP ratio peaked at 50.7% in fiscal year 2012–2013, is now resting at 38.1 in 2022, [10] and is projected to decline to 34% in 2023–2024. [11]
Montreal's economy is the second largest of all cities in Canada [1] and the first in Quebec. [2] Montreal is a centre of commerce, industry, technology, culture, finance, and world affairs. In 2022, Metropolitan Montreal was responsible for $233 Billion CDN of Quebec's $425 Billion CDN GDP, [3] with a population of 4.37 million people. [4]
The second-largest single source of power (15% of the total) is nuclear power, with several plants in Ontario generating more than half of that province's electricity and one generator in New Brunswick. This makes Canada the world's sixth-largest electricity producer generated by nuclear power, producing 95 TWh in 2017. [138]
This means that each province and territory has its own minimum wage. The lowest general minimum wage currently in force is that of the Saskatchewan ($11.45/hour), the highest is that of British Columbia ($15.20/hour). [136] Some provinces allow lower wages to be paid to liquor servers and other tip earners, and/or to inexperienced employees.
The Port of Montreal (French: Port de Montréal, pronounced [pɔʁ də mɔ̃ʁeal]) (ACI Canadian Port Code: 0395, [7] [8] UN/LOCODE: CA MTR) [9] [10] is a cruise and transshipment point. It is located on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Québec , Canada .
In 1714, the area was part of the Parish of St-Joachim de Pointe-Claire.It became part of the Parish of Ste-Geneviève when it detached from Pointe-Claire in 1845. [9]On July 29, 1924, Dollard-des-Ormeaux detached from the Parish of Ste-Geneviève and became a separate municipality in response to a tax imposed by the Parish road improvements on Gouin Boulevard.