Dental Assistant Salary Canada

Average Canadian Dental Assistant Salary :: Dental Assistant Wages in Canada

Average Hourly Wages for
Dental Assistants in Canada

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

Year
Winnipeg - Manitoba 13.99 17.02 21.01 2009
Moncton / Richibucto - New Brunswick 13.00 17.02 25.00 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 13.00 17.50 22.00 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 16.00 19.79 26.20 2010
Muskoka / Kawarthas / Peterborough - Ontario 15.00 19.28 24.00 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 15.00 18.69 24.00 2010
Prince Edward Island 14.50 16.75 20.15 2010
Montreal - Quebec 9.00 12.00 15.75 2007
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 15.20 20.50 26.00 2010
Toronto - Ontario 14.00 18.60 23.50 2010
Calgary - Alberta* 23.00 25.00 28.00 2009
Edmonton - Alberta 17.00 20.74 26.23 2008
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 17.50 21.52 26.00 2011





The table above details the hourly wages for Dental Assistants. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3411.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: certified dental assistant and registered dental assistant.

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

The largest sector of employment for dental assistants is health care and social assistance. The average weekly earnings for the health care and social assistance sector as a whole were $800.90 in February 2011, an increase of 3.3% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $775.57. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $22.25.