Canada Overtime Calculator (2026)
Enter your rate in Canadian dollars and the hours you worked each day. Pick your province or territory and we split your week into regular, overtime and double-time pay — using your province's actual overtime rules, not one rule for the whole country. Add your unpaid break and results show in both decimals and hours:minutes.
Calculate your Canadian overtime
Enter your total hours on site above, and the break is taken off each day you worked. Leave it at 0 if your hours already exclude your break, so it is not taken off twice.
Calculated on your device — nothing is uploaded.
How overtime works across Canada
Canada has no single overtime rule — employment law is provincial, so the rule changes at the border. Overtime pays 1.5× your regular rate almost everywhere. British Columbia is the exception that also pays double time.
- Daily overtime (after 8 hours in a day): British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and federally regulated workers.
- Weekly overtime only: Ontario after 44 hours, New Brunswick after 44 hours, Quebec after 40 hours, Newfoundland and Labrador after 40 hours, Nova Scotia after 48 hours, Prince Edward Island after 48 hours.
- Double time: British Columbia only, after 12 hours in a day.
- Where both a daily and a weekly rule exist (for example British Columbia and Alberta), you get whichever calculation pays more — and no hour is ever counted twice.
Rules summarised from provincial employment standards and the Canada Labour Code. Exemptions (managers, some professions and industries), overtime banking agreements and union contracts can change individual cases — check your province's official labour site for those.
Worked example: same hours, different province
Four 10-hour days at C$25 an hour — 40 hours in the week:
- Ontario: weekly rule only, 44-hour threshold, so all 40 hours are regular: 40 × C$25 = C$1,000.00, no overtime.
- British Columbia: each day is 8 regular + 2 overtime hours, so 32 regular + 8 overtime: C$800.00 + C$300.00 = C$1,100.00.
Same hours, same rate — a C$100.00 difference, just from the province.
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Frequently asked questions
When does overtime start in Canada?
It depends on your province or territory. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut pay daily overtime after 8 hours, while Ontario pays weekly overtime only after 44 hours, Quebec after 40 hours, and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island after 48 hours. This calculator applies the rule for the province you pick.
Does Canada have double time?
British Columbia is the only province in this calculator with double time: hours over 12 in a single day pay 2 times the regular rate. Everywhere else, overtime pays 1.5 times the regular rate.
What about federally regulated workers in Canada?
Workers in federally regulated industries (such as banks, telecoms and interprovincial transport) fall under the Canada Labour Code: overtime after 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week at 1.5 times the regular rate. Pick ‘Federal’ in the province list for that rule.
Can overtime be taken as time off instead of pay in Canada?
In many provinces overtime can be banked as paid time off instead of pay, but only under a written agreement and with deadlines for using it. The rules and deadlines differ by province, so check your province's labour site before agreeing to banked time.
Do I enter my hours with or without my break?
Enter your total hours on site for each day, then put your unpaid break in minutes in the break box — it is taken off each day you worked before overtime is worked out. If the hours you enter already exclude your break, leave the break at 0 so it is not taken off twice. Results are shown in decimals and in hours:minutes, so 7.75 hours also reads as 7:45.
Is this calculator accurate for Canada?
It applies the overtime thresholds described above with the same maths payroll systems use, and nothing you type ever leaves your device. It is still an estimate: exemptions, overtime banking agreements and union contracts can change what your employer owes, so your employer's official record is what counts.
Last updated: 25 October 2026
Estimates only — not payroll, tax or legal advice. Your employer's official record is what counts.