Redefining Landscaping in Toronto & the GTA

Since our inception, Infinite Possibilities has ensured safe and inclusive workplaces, including financial security for our workers. As an Ontario Living Wage Employer, we hold ourselves accountable for fairly compensating our people. This covers a base wage greater than the minimum wage, and our employee benefits start accumulating as of a team member’s start date.
We must update our certification to reflect the location-based calculated wage whenever it changes. Toronto’s hourly Living Wages are region-dependent.

Although our Toronto landscaping company has always paid employees more than minimum wage, earning this certification shows we have this critical designation and raises the standard for the entire landscaping industry.

The minimum wage, legislated by the provincial government, is the lowest hourly rate employers can pay. In contrast, the living wage is calculated based on what workers need to meet their expenses to lead a better quality of life for themselves and their families.

The living wage is based on location specific data for a family of four, comprising two working adults and two dependent children. It accounts for community specific costs and metrics. Unlike the minimum wage, which is provincially legislated, living wage employers voluntarily pay this typically higher rate and agree to maintain certification standards.

The hourly pay is calculated based on a household of two adults working full-time and two dependent children. Rent, food, shelter, transportation, medical fees, recreation, and enough for a modest vacation are factored in. The wage is also calculated based on the family life cycle, considering the future considerations of both younger and older household members.

The Ontario Living Wage’s calculations do not consider saving for debt payments, homeownership, retirement, children’s education savings, or anything other than small emergency expenses.

The landscaping business is no stranger to high turnover rates. Infinite Possibilities has always been different. We understand that landscaping may not be everyone’s dream career, but we are upfront with potential and current employees that we wish to provide long-term employment.
Our company has provided many with a stable vocation and a launchpad for career growth, which we continually aspire to foster. Many workers saw this as a temporary way to earn while job seeking elsewhere. However, they chose to stay when they saw the pros of working for us.

You do not have to take our word for it; we have employee testimonials to prove it.

Our decades of experience in residential and commercial landscaping have witnessed many economic ebbs and flows. Before becoming a certified Living Wage Employer, we championed the same values the Ontario Living Wage Network now upholds for fair wages and quality of life for all.

Unfortunately, jobseekers in today’s landscaping job market feel they must take what they can get, resulting in an increasing number of people working for undeservedly lower wages.

The heart-wrenching result is seeing workers facing hardship and isolation, not to mention difficult choices like putting food on the table or buying winter boots for their children. Low wages can put people into insurmountable debt and cause anxiety that leads to debilitating health problems over time. Here in the GTA, many adults work two or three jobs to make rent.

Infinite Possibilities believes employers who pay a living wage acknowledge their humanity and responsibility to their people. We have, and always will be, dedicated to helping raise our employees as they raise families. We cultivate a respectful, diverse workplace that encourages pride in ownership.

We are dedicated to being leaders in the landscaping and construction industry and to bettering the lives of labourers and other wage based workers in Ontario.