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 137,400
✏️ This salary info is based on 178 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 110,000 and USD 180,000 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
- 178
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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 | 6310 jobs Machine Learning | 5960 jobs Statistics | 5034 jobs Engineering | 4784 jobs SQL | 4534 jobs Computer Science | 3573 jobs ML models | 3019 jobs Research | 2988 jobs Mathematics | 2986 jobs R | 2968 jobs AWS | 2495 jobs Testing | 2302 jobs Deep Learning | 2089 jobs Pipelines | 2054 jobs Data analysis | 1947 jobs LLMs | 1943 jobs GCP | 1695 jobs TensorFlow | 1686 jobs Spark | 1652 jobs NLP | 1636 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 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 | 5536 jobs Health care | 2774 jobs Equity / stock options | 1961 jobs Competitive pay | 1890 jobs Startup environment | 1878 jobs Flex hours | 1785 jobs Insurance | 1773 jobs Salary bonus | 1544 jobs Parental leave | 1266 jobs Flex vacation | 1237 jobs Medical leave | 1123 jobs Team events | 1113 jobs Wellness | 694 jobs 401(k) matching | 692 jobs Conferences | 368 jobs Transparency | 287 jobs Home office stipend | 236 jobs Relocation support | 228 jobs Fitness / gym | 202 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 177 jobsRelated salaries
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