Dietitian and Nutritionist Salary Canada

Average Canadian Dietitian and Nutritionist Salary :: Dietitian and Nutritionist Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Dietitians and Nutritionists. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3132.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: clinical dietitian, nutrition and dietetics researcher and registered nutritionist.

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 $37.26 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Prince Edward Island at $21.60 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for dietitians and nutritionists 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.

Average Hourly Wages for
Dietitians and Nutritionists in Canada

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

Year
Calgary - Alberta* 37.26 37.26 41.21 2009
Edmonton - Alberta* 36.42 36.43 37.53 2009
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 25.30 28.20 36.50 2005/6
Winnipeg - Manitoba 23.36 28.06 36.22 2011
Saint John / Sussex / St. Stephen - New Brunswick 20.00 24.00 33.00 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 15.30 28.20 34.60 2010
Toronto - Ontario 15.00 33.59 40.60 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 15.00 31.97 40.54 2010
London / Woodstock - Ontario 14.16 28.85 38.50 2007
Waterloo Region / Huron / Perth / Wellington / Dufferin - Ontario 16.00 31.30 36.21 2007
Prince Edward Island 19.55 21.60 23.60 2011
Montreal - Quebec 20.00 26.75 37.00 2008
Saskatoon Area - Saskatchewan - - - -





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