Occupational Therapist Salary Canada

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Average Occupational Therapist Salary — Occupational Therapist Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Occupational Therapists.

The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this role is 3143.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: occupational therapist (OT), clinical occupational therapist and community occupational therapist.

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 $40.61 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $17.25 per hour.

A typical full-time annual salary for this occupation is in the region of $67,000 – $77,000.

The largest sector of employment for occupational therapists 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 2012, a decrease of 1.7% on the previous year. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for 2012 are $22.25.

Average Hourly Wages for Occupational Therapists in Canada

Location Low Wage
$ per hr		 Average Wage
$ per hr		 High Wage
$ per hr		 Year
Calgary – Alberta* 36.38 40.61 53.14 2011
Edmonton – Alberta 32.03 38.04 45.15 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest – British Columbia 31.40 36.48 38.64 2011
Winnipeg – Manitoba 25.90 29.00 34.00 2010
Fredericton – New Brunswick 19.00 25.21 33.25 2006/7
Halifax – Nova Scotia 23.50 33.15 34.15 2010
Toronto – Ontario 29.32 37.97 42.50 2010
Ottawa – Ontario 31.11 36.86 40.00 2010
Windsor / Sarnia – Ontario 27.99 36.56 41.55 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph – Ontario 27.99 36.56 41.55 2010
Prince Edward Island 26.75 - 34.60 2011
Montreal – Quebec 16.50 17.25 18.25 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West – Saskatchewan 27.70 33.60 36.40 2010


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