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Hourly Replacement RatesThe following table reflects the hourly replacement rates used in accordance with the province of residence selected.
These rates are in 2009 dollars and do not include GST.
| Province of Residence | Hourly Replacement Rate |
|---|---|
| British Columbia | $16.52 |
| Alberta | $17.25 |
| Saskatchewan | $15.76 |
| Manitoba | $14.56 |
| Ontario | $14.78 |
| Quebec | Not supported by calculator |
| Nova Scotia | $13.57 |
| Newfoundland & Labrador | $12.39 |
| New Brunswick | $11.37 |
| Prince Edward Island | $12.74 |
| Northwest Territories | $20.90 |
| Yukon | $19.07 |
| Nunavut | $20.90 |
Note that the hourly rates have increased significantly from past years. This has occurred for three reasons. First, we have case law in many of the provinces where higher hourly rates have been adopted by judges (i.e., Kassian v. Roy (2008) in Alberta, Fazio v. Catchpoole (2007) in BC, Cantlon v. Timmins (City) (2006) in Ontario). Second, we have used NAICS wage index 5617 from the SEPH data to inflate and deflate the statistical and case law rates, which has demonstrated higher-than-average wage increases in the past two years (8% in 2006-07 for the Canada-wide and Ontario indices, 11.4% in 2006-07 for the Alberta index, 13.2% in 2006-07 for the New Brunswick index to name only a few examples). Third, the statistical wage rates have increased for the occupation code for visiting homemakers (NOC-S G811, NOC 6471) from the sources housed at www.labourmarketinformation.ca and other provincial wage surveys. Averages for various provinces include rates from across each province in different regions. Author Rene Morissette in "Earnings in the last decade", published in Statistics Canada’s catalogue Perspectives in Labour and Income, Spring 2008, states under the heading Overall trends that "[Earnings] trended upwards between 1997 and 2002, remained virtually constant between 2001 and 2004 and then rose again." (p. 58). This is true for Canada, but particularly so for Alberta, as shown in Chart A on p. 58 in Morissette's article. This reflects the findings from the provincial wage surveys and the percentage changes in the average weekly wage index.
A survey entitled "Cleaning Survey: A report on the findings of a province wide survey to determine the average hourly cost of having a home cleaned" was carried out by Alec Milne of Profit Matters Inc. who used the IPSOS/Reid Alberta Omnibus survey in the fall of 2005 in Alberta to poll respondents. The results indicated that of the 803 respondents, slightly less than 10% used cleaners. Of these respondents, two-thirds were in Calgary and Edmonton. The rates for these urban areas were $17.11 in Calgary, and $14.66 in Edmonton. Other cities and rural areas reported average hourly costs of $10.12 to $11.06. This yielded an average of $14.64 for the whole province.