Overtime pay in Quebec
In Quebec, overtime starts after 40 hours in a week and is paid at 1.5 times your regular hourly wage. There is no daily overtime.
Gross pay this week
$1,025.00
Your gross pay for this week is $1,025.00 before tax in Quebec: 40 regular hours and 7.5 overtime hours.
| Pay | Hours | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 40 h | $20.00 | $800.00 |
| Overtime (1.5x) | 7.5 h | $30.00 | $225.00 |
| Total | 47.5 h | $1,025.00 |
Before tax and deductions. Uses Quebec employment standards. Your contract or union agreement may pay more.
Overtime rules in Quebec
- Overtime is 1.5 times your hourly wage for every hour over 40 in the week.
- Statutory holidays and vacation days that fall on a usual work day count as hours worked toward the 40.
- You can ask for paid time off instead of overtime pay: 1.5 hours off for each overtime hour.
- Some jobs have a longer standard week, such as security guards (44 hours) and sawmill workers (47 hours). Farm workers do not get the overtime premium.
Official examples
A 45-hour week
Sébastien earns $20 an hour and works 45 hours. He gets 40 hours at $20 ($800) plus 5 overtime hours at $30 ($150), so $950. Source
Holiday week: holiday hours count toward 40
Andrew earns $17.75 an hour and usually earns $710 a week. Monday is a statutory holiday on a usual work day and he works 38 hours the rest of the week. The 8 holiday hours count, so 46 hours, 6 of them overtime. He gets a $142 indemnity, 32 hours at $17.75 ($568) and 6 overtime hours at $26.63 ($159.78), so $869.78. Source
Holiday indemnity, irregular schedule
Rosalita earns $19 an hour for 8-hour days and worked 5, 4, 5 and 2 days in the 4 weeks before. She earned $2,392, so her indemnity is $2,392 divided by 20, or $119.60. Source
Stat holiday pay in Quebec
Quebec has 8 paid statutory holidays. For each one you get an indemnity of 1/20 of the wages you earned in the 4 complete weeks of pay before the holiday week, not counting overtime.
If you work a statutory holiday in Quebec, you get your regular pay for the hours worked plus the holiday indemnity, or a paid day off within 3 weeks before or after the holiday. Your employer chooses. There is no time and a half for the holiday itself.
Minimum wage and minimum shift pay
- Minimum wage: $16.60 an hour since May 1, 2026.
- Minimum shift pay: In Quebec, if you report for work and work less than 3 hours in a row, you get at least 3 hours' pay at your hourly wage, unless something beyond your employer's control stopped the work.
How the calculator works
- Each shift's paid hours are its end time minus its start time, minus your unpaid break. A shift that ends after midnight counts on the day it started, so a night shift that runs into a stat holiday is not paid the holiday rate here. Enter the holiday hours as their own shift if you want them counted.
- Daily overtime is counted first, where your province has it. Weekly overtime then counts only the hours that were not already daily overtime, so no hour is paid twice.
- Hours worked on a stat holiday are paid at the holiday rate. Holiday pay is added using your province's formula, estimated from your usual week.
- We check your wage against the minimum wage and flag short shifts that may earn minimum shift pay.
The result is gross pay before tax and deductions. It is an estimate based on employment standards law, not legal advice.
When these rules may not apply
This app uses each province's or territory's employment standards law, which sets the minimum your employer must pay. Your pay can differ if:
- Your job is federally regulated, such as banks, airlines, trucking across provinces, railways, telecom and federal Crown corporations. Choose Federal instead.
- You have a union collective agreement or a contract that pays more.
- You have an averaging agreement, a compressed work week or a flexible schedule approved under the law.
- Your job is exempt or has special rules, such as many managers, farm workers, some professionals, truck drivers, and oil and gas workers.
Common questions
When does overtime start in Quebec?
After 40 hours in a week, at 1.5 times your hourly wage. There is no daily overtime under the Act respecting labour standards.
Do statutory holidays count toward overtime in Quebec?
Yes. A statutory holiday or vacation day that falls on a usual work day counts as hours worked when checking if you went over 40 hours.
How is statutory holiday pay calculated in Quebec?
The indemnity is 1/20 of the wages you earned in the 4 complete weeks of pay before the holiday week, not counting overtime.
Do I get time and a half for working a statutory holiday in Quebec?
No. You get your regular pay for the hours worked, plus the holiday indemnity or a paid day off, at your employer's choice.
Is Boxing Day a statutory holiday in Quebec?
No. Quebec has 8 paid statutory holidays and Boxing Day is not one of them.
Sources
Official government pages and laws, checked . Rules change, so confirm details on the source before you act.
Other provinces and territories
- Overtime pay in Ontario
- Overtime pay in British Columbia
- Overtime pay in Alberta
- Overtime pay in Saskatchewan
- Overtime pay in Manitoba
- Overtime pay in New Brunswick
- Overtime pay in Nova Scotia
- Overtime pay in Prince Edward Island
- Overtime pay in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Overtime pay in Yukon
- Overtime pay in Northwest Territories
- Overtime pay in Nunavut
- Overtime pay in Federal