Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in Canada during 2025 is USD 140,102
✏️ This salary info is based on 96 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 108,100 and USD 184,000 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 96
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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 Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 3654 jobs Machine Learning | 3448 jobs Statistics | 2787 jobs Engineering | 2782 jobs SQL | 2683 jobs Computer Science | 1944 jobs ML models | 1830 jobs Mathematics | 1690 jobs Research | 1678 jobs R | 1634 jobs AWS | 1550 jobs Testing | 1450 jobs Deep Learning | 1353 jobs LLMs | 1203 jobs Pipelines | 1113 jobs GCP | 1108 jobs Data analysis | 1103 jobs Data visualization | 1079 jobs TensorFlow | 994 jobs NLP | 956 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. 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 | 3251 jobs Health care | 1547 jobs Startup environment | 1248 jobs Equity / stock options | 1205 jobs Competitive pay | 1172 jobs Insurance | 1154 jobs Flex hours | 1019 jobs Salary bonus | 951 jobs Parental leave | 729 jobs Flex vacation | 723 jobs Team events | 640 jobs Medical leave | 634 jobs 401(k) matching | 386 jobs Wellness | 365 jobs Conferences | 216 jobs Transparency | 155 jobs Home office stipend | 139 jobs Relocation support | 131 jobs Fitness / gym | 115 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 113 jobsRelated salaries
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