Heavy Equipment Operator Salary in Canada

In Canada, the median wage for heavy equipment operators is $30/hr.

Heavy Equipment Operator

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (NOC 73400)
2022 Wages ($/hour)
Province/Territory Low Median High
Canada 20 30 41
Newfoundland and Labrador 19.63 26 36
Prince Edward Island 15.62 19 22
Nova Scotia 18 22.5 28
New Brunswick 17.5 21.75 30.77
Quebec 20 28.24 40
Ontario 20 29 42.73
Manitoba 19 27 37.36
Saskatchewan 22.56 30 42.9
Alberta 24 32 40
British Columbia 25 32.75 45
Yukon Territory 25 32 36.6
Northwest Territories 22.5 30 45.5
Nunavut 25 32 39.32
Source: Job Bank. 2023

In Canada, median wages for heavy equipment operators ranged from $17.00 to $36.06 per hour.

In 2016, heavy equipment operators reported higher wages in Alberta.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS (EXCEPT CRANE) (NOC 7521-C)
Wages ($/hr)
Province/Territory Low Median High
Canada 17 26 36.06
Alberta 22 30 40
Newfoundland & Labrador 17.31 24.25 37
Ontario 17 25 37
Northwest Territories 23 28 36
British Columbia 18 27.86 35
Québec 15.56 24 35
Yukon 22 28.53 35
Nunavut 22 28 34.17
Saskatchewan 18 25 34
Prince Edward Island 15 21 33
Manitoba 17 22 31
Nova Scotia 16 21 31
New Brunswick 13.7 18 30
Source: Job Bank. November 2016*

*Wages are reviewed and updated on the Job Bank Web site on an annual basis.

Licensing

Heavy equipment operators may be regulated in the province or territory you wish to settle in. Contact the regulatory authority and/or apprenticeship office in that province or territory.

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