Conference, Wedding and Event Planners - Canada Salary
Average Canadian Conference, Wedding and Event Planner's Salary :: Conference, Wedding and Event Planners' Wages in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Conference, Wedding and Event Planners. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 1226.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: wedding planner, conference planner, festival organizer, special events organizer and convention planner.
The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $25.27 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec at $14.87 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for conference and event planners is arts, entertainment and recreation. The average weekly earnings for the arts, entertainment and recreation sector as a whole were $585.35 in February 2011, an increase of 2.2% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $572.90. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $16.26.
Average Hourly Wages for
* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: wedding planner, conference planner, festival organizer, special events organizer and convention planner.
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 $25.27 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec at $14.87 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for conference and event planners is arts, entertainment and recreation. The average weekly earnings for the arts, entertainment and recreation sector as a whole were $585.35 in February 2011, an increase of 2.2% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $572.90. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $16.26.
Average Hourly Wages for
Conference, Wedding and Event Planners in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
| Calgary - Alberta* | 18.00 | 25.27 | 34.87 | 2009 |
| Edmonton - Alberta | 12.16 | 18.38 | 38.00 | 2009 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia | 12.00 | 17.36 | 24.60 | 2008/9 |
| Winnipeg - Manitoba | 10.48 | 18.75 | 24.04 | 2009 |
| Saint John / Sussex / St. Stephen - New Brunswick | 9.00 | 16.00 | 30.00 | 2010 |
| Halifax - Nova Scotia | 12.25 | 17.25 | 29.75 | 2010 |
| Toronto - Ontario | 14.00 | 21.07 | 30.64 | 2010 |
| Ottawa - Ontario | 14.00 | 20.39 | 28.60 | 2010 |
| Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario | 13.67 | 19.70 | 27.00 | 2010 |
| Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario | 15.00 | 21.59 | 28.28 | 2010 |
| Prince Edward Island | 10.00 | 15.60 | 16.95 | 2010 |
| Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean - Quebec | 11.78 | 14.87 | 18.35 | 2007 |
| Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan | 11.30 | 17.11 | 24.02 | 2006 |
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* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.