Baker Salary in Canada | Breakdown by Province
In 2025, the median baker salary in Canada is $17.50 per hour. Entry-level customer care positions start at roughly $24.81 per hour, while top-tier, experienced agents make up to $33.14 per hour. Pay scales vary heavily depending on your province and technical skill level.
Bakers in Canada: job prospects, employment requirements, licensing.
In Canada, bakers in Canada are classified under NOC 63202, prepare bread, rolls, muffins, pies, pastries, cakes and cookies in retail and wholesale bakeries, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels and other food service establishments while following recipes, maintaining quality standards and ensuring food safety. Job prospects are balanced nationally through 2033, with about 9,200 projected job openings expected to be relatively similar to the number of job seekers, driven mainly by replacement demand and turnover in the food services sector.
Median hourly wages stand at about 17.50 Canadian dollars nationally, with typical ranges from 15.00 to 24.00 dollars per hour depending on experience, location, type of employer and whether the role is in a specialized bakery or large production setting. Most positions require secondary school completion plus completion of a baking program, college courses or several years of on-the-job apprenticeship training, with Red Seal certification available, and work conditions often involve early morning shifts, evenings, weekends and holidays, physically demanding tasks such as standing for long periods, lifting, exposure to heat from ovens and a fast-paced environment focused on precision, creativity and sanitation.
Licensing
Bakers are not regulated in Canada. This means that you are not required to register with one of the provincial or territorial regulatory authorities to be authorized to practise occupations in the industry anywhere in Canada.
Baker Salary by Province
| BAKER (NOC 63202) | |||
| 2025 | Wages/hr | ||
| Community/Area | Low | Median | High |
| Canada | 15.00 | 17.50 | 24.81 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 16.35 | 16.35 | 19.27 |
| Prince Edward Island | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.50 |
| Nova Scotia | 16.75 | 16.75 | 25.70 |
| New Brunswick | 15.90 | 16.50 | 20.00 |
| Quebec | 16.60 | 17.80 | 24.12 |
| Ontario | 17.60 | 17.60 | 22.00 |
| Manitoba | 16.00 | 16.50 | 23.00 |
| Saskatchewan | 15.35 | 18.00 | 24.00 |
| Alberta | 15.00 | 18.00 | 24.04 |
| British Columbia | 18.25 | 20.00 | 27.85 |
| Yukon Territory | 18.51 | 22.69 | 30.36 |
| Northwest Territories | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nunavut | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Source: Job Bank. 2026 | |||
In 2024, bakers reported higher salaries in The Yukon.
| BAKER (NOC 63202) | |||
| 2024 | Wages ($/hour) | ||
| Province/Territory | Low | Median | High |
| Canada | 15 | 17 | 25 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 16 | 16 | 28 |
| Prince Edward Island | 16 | 17 | 19 |
| Nova Scotia | 15.7 | 15.7 | 19 |
| New Brunswick | 15.65 | 15.65 | 20 |
| Quebec | 15.75 | 17.55 | 24.12 |
| Ontario | 17.2 | 17.2 | 22 |
| Manitoba | 15.8 | 16 | 24.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 15 | 17 | 24.96 |
| Alberta | 15 | 18.5 | 25 |
| British Columbia | 17.4 | 18 | 27.4 |
| Yukon Territory | 17.94 | 21.74 | 29.07 |
| Northwest Territories | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nunavut | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Source: Job Bank. 2025 | |||
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