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Salary Guide & Hiring Trends
Explore our curated archive of salary insights! Whether you're navigating a career transition or analyzing market dynamics, you can now browse our detailed compensation reports from 2025 e 2024. Each edition sheds light on pay trends across industries, job functions, and regions.
Uncover the numbers, identify emerging patterns, and empower your next move with data-driven clarity.
Unlock the door to an extensive analysis derived from the responses of over 6,500 professionals, permanent salaries and contractor rates by job title, experience, and location in over 10 sectors.
Canada Salary & Hiring Trends Guide 2025:
The great stagnation
The 2025 Canada Salary Guide is still accessible if you’re looking to compare trends or revisit benchmarks.
With input from over 6,500 professionals, it offers a detailed breakdown of permanent salaries and contractor rates across 13 sectors—from Legal and Procurement to Sustainability and Technology. You’ll also find hiring forecasts and a snapshot of workforce expectations, motivation, and satisfaction across the country. It’s a useful reference point as you explore what’s new in 2026.
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The Canada 2024 Salary Guide & Hiring Trends is a comprehensive exploration based on insights gleaned from a survey conducted between November 25th, 2023, and January 12th, 2024, amassing responses from 4,500 participants.
This guide is a repository of critical observations shedding light on the dynamic landscape of the labour market. It delves into factors influencing employee satisfaction, motivation, and evolving workplace paradigms, AI at work and DE&I strategies.
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