Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors - Canada Salary and Wage Guide

Average Canadian Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributor's Salary :: Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 1463.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: courier, delivery person, messenger and flyer distributor.

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 Winnipeg, Manitoba at $18.30 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $12 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $25,000 - $35,000.

The largest sector of employment for couriers, messengers and door-to-door distributors is transportation and warehousing. The average weekly earnings for the transportation and warehousing sector as a whole were $932.59 in January 2012, an increase of 2.3% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for January 2012 are $25.91.

Average Hourly Wages for Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors in Canada

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

Year
Calgary - Alberta* 14.42 15.38 24.34 2009
Edmonton - Alberta* 14.50 18.13 19.72 2011
British Columbia 10.00 13.08 24.66 2011
Winnipeg - Manitoba 10.50 18.30 25.10 2010
Fredericton - New Brunswick 9.00 12.30 23.18 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 10.00 12.50 15.00 2011
Toronto - Ontario 10.50 16.35 24.65 2010
Muskoka / Kawarthas / Peterborough - Ontario - - - -
Ottawa - Ontario - - - -
Ontario 14.53 16.67 24.42 2010
Prince Edward Island - - - -
Montreal - Quebec 9.00 12.00 16.75 2007
Regina Area - Saskatchewan 9.80 15.50 31.30 2010





* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.