Bookkeeper Salary Canada

Average Canadian Bookkeepers's Salary :: Bookkeepers' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Bookkeepers. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 1231.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: bookkeeper and bookkeeping clerk.

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
  • Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • Average pay: The average wage in this sector after removing the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent of workers. Average pay is then calculated on the remaining 80 percent of workers' wages.

According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $19.77 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Prince Edward Island at $14.20 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for bookkeepers is professional, scientific and technical services. The average weekly earnings for the professional, scientific and technical services sector as a whole were $1229.26 in February 2011, an increase of 5.9% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1161.04. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $34.15.

Average Hourly Wages for
Bookkeepers in Canada

Location Low Wage
$
per hr
Average
$
per hr
High Wage
$
per hr

Year
Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 13.50 19.77 32.62 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 13.00 19.47 32.90 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 11.00 16.96 24.00 2008/9
Winnipeg - Manitoba 11.06 16.00 24.04 2009
Fredericton - New Brunswick 10.00 17.76 25.00 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 11.40 16.50 25.50 2010
Toronto - Ontario 12.00 17.19 24.44 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 13.00 17.60 23.65 2010
Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario 12.00 17.33 23.13 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 13.00 17.94 24.10 2010
Prince Edward Island 9.75 14.20 23.40 2011
Montreal - Quebec 11.50 16.75 28.00 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 11.88 17.44 30.00 2011