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Title: HR Contract Specialist hourly rate in Canada | Deftridge
Summary: Employment Contract Specialist pay in Canada: median wage CA$61 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate CA$100. Free for professionals.

Canada · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Employment Contract Specialist hourly rate in Canada

The market median wage for an Employment Contract Specialist in Canada is **CA$60.63 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **CA$100 an hour** on Deftridge.

**CA$100/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**CA$60.63/hr** median wage

**CA$46-86** middle half of wages

**CA$2,170** a month at 5 hours a week

## Employment Contract Specialist 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$30.66 | CA$660 | CA$63,800 |
| 25th | CA$45.50 | CA$990 | CA$94,600 |
| Median | CA$60.63 | CA$1,310 | CA$126,100 |
| 75th | CA$86.39 | CA$1,870 | CA$179,700 |
| 90th | CA$108.69 | CA$2,360 | CA$226,100 |

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 Employment Contract Specialist, from the same sources as the table above.

- **CA$82.47** highest median wage, Alberta

- **CA$48.54** lowest median wage, Manitoba

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

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Employment Contract Specialist 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | CA$100 | CA$2,170 |
| Manager | CA$120 | CA$2,600 |

- One-off task **CA$100**

- Task bundle **CA$90**

## Employment Contract Specialist pay by region in Canada

Typical contractor rate for a senior Employment Contract Specialist, highest first; 9 of 13 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alberta | CA$82.47 | CA$135 |
| Nunavut | CA$69.32 | CA$115 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | CA$67.82 | CA$110 |
| British Columbia | CA$67.79 | CA$110 |
| Ontario | CA$65.49 | CA$110 |
| Northwest Territories | CA$65.34 | CA$110 |
| Yukon | CA$62.43 | CA$105 |
| New Brunswick | CA$60.81 | CA$100 |
| Prince Edward Island | CA$58.53 | CA$95 |

## 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.

[Employment Contract Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/employment-contract-specialist/) · [Employment Contract Specialist jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/employment-contract-specialist/canada/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
