labour to purchase one package of cigarettes Average hourly wage15 Price per package Affordability Minutes of ranking (20 years and over years and over years years Province and over 6 15 years 15 to 24 15 years 15 to 24 15 15 to 24 Québec $ 8.49 $14.14 $23.91 35 21 1 1 Ontario $ 8.93 $14.26 $26.02 37 21 2 1 Alberta $10.58 $16.98 $29.34 38 22 3 3 British Columbia $10.38 $15.45 $25.29 40 25 4 4 Saskatchewan $11.11 $16.70 $26.65 40 25 4 4 New Brunswick $10.06 $13.31 $21.56 46 28 7 Newfoundland and Labrador $11.08 $14.25 $24.70 46 27 6 6 Nova Scotia $11.74 $14.34 $21.98 49 32 8 8 Manitoba $12.43 $14.20 $23.53 52 32 9 8 Prince Edward Island $11.52 $13.17 $21.18 52 33 9 10 Note: To calculate the minutes of labour required to purchase one package of cigarettes, the price of a package of 20 cigarettes was divided by the average wage per minute (average hourly wage was converted to wage per minute by dividing by 60). Numbers were rounded to two decimal places.
Price per package Average hourly wage15 Minutes of labour to purchase one package of cigarettes Affordability ranking Province (20 15 to 24 years 15 years and over 15 to 24 years 15 years and over 15 to 24 years 15 years and over Québec $ 8.49 $14.14 $23.91 35 21 1 1 Ontario $ 8.93 $14.26 $26.02 37 21 2 1 Alberta $10.58 $16.98 $29.34 38 22 3 3 British Columbia $10.38 $15.45 $25.29 40 25 4 4 Saskatchewan $11.11 $16.70 $26.65 40 25 4 4 New Brunswick $10.06 $13.31 $21.56 46 28 6 7 Newfoundland and Labrador $11.08 $14.25 $24.70 46 27 6 6 Nova Scotia $11.74 $14.34 $21.98 49 32 8 8 Manitoba $12.43 $14.20 $23.53 52 32 9 8 Prince Edward Island $11.52 $13.17 $21.18 52 33 9 10 Note: To calculate the minutes of labour required to purchase one package of cigarettes, the price of a package of 20 cigarettes was divided by the average wage per minute (average hourly wage was converted to wage per minute by dividing by 60). Numbers were rounded to two decimal places.