Janitor / Caretaker Salary Canada

Average Canadian Janitor's and Caretaker's Salary :: Janitors' and Caretakers' Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Janitors and Caretakers. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 6663.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: janitor, caretaker, building maintenance worker, handyman and building superintendent.

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 Toronto, Ontario at $16.21 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Prince Edward Island at $11.50 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $20,000 - $30,000.

The average weekly earnings for the other services (excluding public administration) sector as a whole were $724.97 in January 2012, an increase of 1.4% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $20.13.

Average Hourly Wages for Janitors and Caretakers 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 / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 11.00 15.43 25.65 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 11.00 15.29 26.60 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 9.75 15.03 21.25 2011
Winnipeg - Manitoba 10.00 14.00 22.50 2010
Fredericton - New Brunswick 9.00 12.55 25.94 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 10.00 15.20 24.50 2011
Toronto - Ontario 11.00 16.21 24.00 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 10.25 14.93 21.27 2010
Windsor / Sarnia - Ontario 10.25 15.10 21.68 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 10.25 15.40 21.70 2010
Prince Edward Island 9.60 11.50 15.40 2011
Montreal - Quebec 9.50 12.00 15.75 2007
Regina - Saskatchewan 10.00 15.32 23.42 2011





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