Physiotherapist Salary Canada

Average Physiotherapist Salary :: Physiotherapist Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Physiotherapists. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3142.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: physiotherapist and physical 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 Toronto, Ontario at $37.91 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $27.50 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for physiotherapists 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
Physiotherapists in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
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High Wage
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Year
Calgary / Banff / Jasper / Rocky Mountain House - Alberta 24.22 37.54 43.61 2011
Edmonton - Alberta 32.73 37.04 47.85 2011
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 30.49 32.45 37.52 2008/9
Winnipeg - Manitoba 28.25 31.20 34.88 2009
Fredericton - New Brunswick 29.00 32.36 36.87 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 23.50 33.15 34.15 2010
Toronto - Ontario 26.55 37.91 41.52 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 32.26 36.67 41.00 2010
Windsor / Sarnia - Ontario 29.60 37.14 41.38 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 29.60 37.14 41.38 2010
Prince Edward Island 30.05 33.80 37.55 2011
Montreal - Quebec 21.25 27.50 37.75 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 28.10 33.70 37.50 2010