Veterinarian Salary Canada
Average Canadian Veterinarian Salary :: Veterinarian Wages in Canada
The table below details the hourly wages for Veterinarians. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3114.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: veterinarian, veterinary pathologist and veterinary inspector.
The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $46.59 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $24.49 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for veterinarians is professional, scientific and technical services. The average weekly earnings for the professional, scientific and technical services sector as a whole were $1229.26 in February 2011, an increase of 5.9% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1161.04. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $34.15.
Average Hourly Wages for
* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.
Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: veterinarian, veterinary pathologist and veterinary inspector.
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 $46.59 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $24.49 per hour.
The largest sector of employment for veterinarians is professional, scientific and technical services. The average weekly earnings for the professional, scientific and technical services sector as a whole were $1229.26 in February 2011, an increase of 5.9% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $1161.04. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in this sector for February 2011 were $34.15.
Average Hourly Wages for
Veterinarians in Canada
| Location | Low Wage $ per hr |
Average $ per hr |
High Wage $ per hr |
Year |
| Calgary / Banff / Drumheller - Alberta* | 34.62 | 46.59 | 85.47 | 2009 |
| Edmonton and Area - Alberta | 31.37 | 38.84 | 55.94 | 2010 |
| Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia | 23.08 | 24.72 | 35.77 | 2008/9 |
| Winnipeg - Manitoba | 23.00 | 34.60 | 51.00 | 2010 |
| Fredericton - New Brunswick | - | - | - | - |
| Halifax - Nova Scotia | 25.00 | 38.00 | 56.65 | 2010 |
| Toronto - Ontario | 25.41 | 33.25 | 42.93 | 2010 |
| Ottawa - Ontario | 25.41 | 33.25 | 42.93 | 2010 |
| Bruce, Grey, Simcoe, Muskoka District - Ontario | 27.73 | 36.54 | 50.00 | 2007 |
| Waterloo Region, Huron, Perth, Wellington, Dufferin - Ontario | 25.39 | 35.20 | 45.23 | 2007 |
| Prince Edward Island | - | - | - | - |
| Montreal - Quebec | 15.00 | 24.49 | 33.85 | - |
| Saskatoon Area - Saskatchewan | 26.04 | 32.55 | 35.00 | 2006 |
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* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.