Heavy Equipment Operator Salary in Canada
In Canada, the median wage for heavy equipment operators is $30/hr.
| HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (NOC 73400) | |||
| 2022 | Wages ($/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.
