Dental Assistants - Canada Salary and Wage Guide

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

Average Hourly Wages for
Dental Assistants in Canada

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:

Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this on average.

High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this on average.

Average pay: The average wage of the remaining 80 percent of workers.



Dental Assistants

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

Year
Calgary / Banff / Drumheller - Alberta* 23.00 25.00 28.00 2009
Edmonton and Area - Alberta 17.00 20.74 26.23 2008
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 14.11 20.97 28.12 2008/9
Winnipeg - Manitoba 13.99 17.02 21.01 2009
Fredericton - New Brunswick 8.74 15.76 26.70 2007
Halifax - Nova Scotia 12.00 17.00 22.00 2009
Toronto - Ontario 13.95 18.05 23.25 2009
Ottawa - Ontario 16.00 19.55 23.00 2009
Muskoka / Kawarthas / Peterborough - Ontario 14.00 18.25 23.00 2009
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 14.00 18.55 24.25 2009
Prince Edward Island 13.25 16.85 19.20 2009
Montreal - Quebec 9.00 12.00 15.75 2007
Saskatoon Area - Saskatchewan 14.00 18.37 22.50 2006


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