Canada Wage Growth

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

4.4

Units In

4.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 25, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 14 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
10.3 May 2020	-0.4 May 2001	2.56 %	1992-2025	Statistics Canada

In Canada, average weekly earnings (including overtime) refers to the gross taxable payroll (including overtime) divided by the number of employees. It is calculated for all types of employees. In general, changes in weekly earnings reflect a number of factors, including wage growth; changes in the composition of employment by industry, occupation and level of job experience; and average hours worked per week.

Latest Updates

Average weekly earnings in Canada rose 4.4% year-over-year to $1,297 in April 2025, accelerating from a downwardly revised 4.1% increase in March. Gains were markedly higher for the information and culture industries (+10.1%, to $1,875.15 ), real estate and rental and leasing (+9.7%, to $1,371.91), finance and insurance (+8.0%, to $1,744.12 ), educational services (+7.3%, to $1,311.34) and forestry, logging and support (+7.1%, to $1,454.40). Gains were lower in the utilities sector (-2.8% to $2,090.59), retail trade (-1.0% to $735.52) and wholesale trade (-0.8% to $1,503.50).