Data Lead Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Data Lead Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 96,169

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Lead salary lies between USD 72,000 and USD 132,000 in Canada. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 150,000
Top 25%
$ 132,000
Median
$ 96,169
Bottom 25%
$ 72,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,320

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Data Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Lead job listings are Data management, Data quality and Data governance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Data management | 176 jobs Data quality | 165 jobs Data governance | 164 jobs SQL | 145 jobs Engineering | 116 jobs Security | 109 jobs Architecture | 108 jobs Python | 101 jobs Computer Science | 85 jobs Data analysis | 83 jobs Testing | 82 jobs Finance | 77 jobs Data strategy | 77 jobs Pipelines | 75 jobs ETL | 72 jobs Privacy | 68 jobs Statistics | 67 jobs Research | 66 jobs Data Analytics | 65 jobs Snowflake | 59 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 219 jobs Health care | 165 jobs Competitive pay | 110 jobs Insurance | 105 jobs Flex hours | 102 jobs Salary bonus | 76 jobs Equity / stock options | 71 jobs Medical leave | 68 jobs Startup environment | 61 jobs Parental leave | 58 jobs Team events | 57 jobs 401(k) matching | 53 jobs Wellness | 41 jobs Flex vacation | 36 jobs Transparency | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Travel | 6 jobs Gear | 5 jobs

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