Data Scientist Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Data Scientist Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 132 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 170,000 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 Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
132
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. 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:

Python | 6392 jobs Machine Learning | 5903 jobs Statistics | 4882 jobs SQL | 4620 jobs Engineering | 4480 jobs Computer Science | 3392 jobs R | 3016 jobs Mathematics | 2932 jobs Research | 2843 jobs ML models | 2793 jobs AWS | 2326 jobs Testing | 2158 jobs Data analysis | 2146 jobs Deep Learning | 1945 jobs Pipelines | 1806 jobs Data visualization | 1726 jobs LLMs | 1693 jobs GCP | 1627 jobs TensorFlow | 1625 jobs NLP | 1567 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 5389 jobs Health care | 2561 jobs Equity / stock options | 1767 jobs Startup environment | 1767 jobs Competitive pay | 1766 jobs Flex hours | 1738 jobs Insurance | 1620 jobs Salary bonus | 1377 jobs Flex vacation | 1133 jobs Team events | 1098 jobs Parental leave | 1072 jobs Medical leave | 959 jobs Wellness | 652 jobs 401(k) matching | 628 jobs Conferences | 346 jobs Transparency | 270 jobs Relocation support | 231 jobs Fitness / gym | 206 jobs Home office stipend | 206 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 190 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 100,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 179,600 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 61,559 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 72,784 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 85,442 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 89,873 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 57,894 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 62,105 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 77,500 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 140,102 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,026 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 45,595 (Austria) Details

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