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Title: Employee Relations Advisor hourly rate in Canada | Deftridge
Summary: Employee Relations Advisor pay in Canada: median wage CA$40 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate CA$85. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

Canada · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Employee Relations Advisor hourly rate in Canada

The market median wage for an Employee Relations Advisor in Canada is **CA$40.24 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **CA$85 an hour** on Deftridge.

**CA$85/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**CA$40.24/hr** median wage

**CA$32-50** middle half of wages

**CA$1,840** a month at 5 hours a week

## Employee Relations Advisor wage percentiles in Canada

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | CA$25.60 | CA$550 | CA$53,200 |
| 25th | CA$31.51 | CA$680 | CA$65,500 |
| Median | CA$40.24 | CA$870 | CA$83,700 |
| 75th | CA$49.78 | CA$1,080 | CA$103,500 |
| 90th | CA$58.85 | CA$1,280 | CA$122,400 |

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, 2023-2024; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Canada in numbers

What sets Canada apart for an Employee Relations Advisor, from the same sources as the table above.

- **CA$57.11** highest median wage, Northwest Territories

- **CA$33.13** lowest median wage, Prince Edward Island

- **CA$45** country floor: no Canada rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Employee Relations Advisor in Canada by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | CA$70 | CA$1,520 |
| Director | CA$85 | CA$1,840 |

- Regular role **CA$85**

- One-off task **CA$95**

- Task bundle **CA$90**

## Employee Relations Advisor pay by region in Canada

Typical contractor rate for a senior Employee Relations Advisor, highest first; 9 of 13 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Northwest Territories | CA$57.11 | CA$120 |
| British Columbia | CA$43.80 | CA$90 |
| Alberta | CA$42.96 | CA$90 |
| Nunavut | CA$42.34 | CA$90 |
| Yukon | CA$41.73 | CA$90 |
| Quebec | CA$40.32 | CA$85 |
| Ontario | CA$38.90 | CA$80 |
| Manitoba | CA$38.88 | CA$80 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | CA$38.67 | CA$80 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Employee Relations Advisor rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/employee-relations-advisor/) · [Employee Relations Advisor jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/employee-relations-advisor/canada/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
