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Title: Operations Manager hourly rate in Canada, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Operations Manager pay in Canada: median wage CA$54 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate CA$80. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

Canada · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Operations Manager hourly rate in Canada

The market median wage for an Operations Manager in Canada is **CA$54.20 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **CA$80 an hour** on Deftridge.

**CA$80/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**CA$54.20/hr** median wage

**CA$43-68** middle half of wages

**CA$1,730** a month at 5 hours a week

## Operations Manager 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$33.18 | CA$720 | CA$69,000 |
| 25th | CA$42.55 | CA$920 | CA$88,500 |
| Median | CA$54.20 | CA$1,170 | CA$112,700 |
| 75th | CA$67.53 | CA$1,460 | CA$140,500 |
| 90th | CA$85.67 | CA$1,860 | CA$178,200 |

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 Operations Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **CA$70.36** highest median wage, Northwest Territories

- **CA$40.95** lowest median wage, Newfoundland and Labrador

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

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Operations Manager 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$80 | CA$1,730 |
| Manager | CA$95 | CA$2,060 |
| Director | CA$115 | CA$2,490 |

- Regular role **CA$80**

- One-off task **CA$90**

- Task bundle **CA$80**

- Expert hour **CA$105**

## Operations Manager pay by region in Canada

Typical contractor rate for a senior Operations Manager, highest first; 9 of 13 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Northwest Territories | CA$70.36 | CA$100 |
| British Columbia | CA$59.37 | CA$85 |
| Alberta | CA$56.44 | CA$80 |
| Yukon | CA$55.63 | CA$80 |
| Ontario | CA$54.67 | CA$80 |
| Nunavut | CA$54.20 | CA$80 |
| Saskatchewan | CA$53.98 | CA$80 |
| Quebec | CA$53.33 | CA$75 |
| Prince Edward Island | CA$51.68 | CA$75 |

## 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.

[Operations Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/operations-manager/) · [Operations Manager jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/operations-manager/canada/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
