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 138,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 162 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 112,857 and USD 180,370 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.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 162
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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 | 5765 jobs Machine Learning | 5458 jobs Statistics | 4574 jobs Engineering | 4345 jobs SQL | 4155 jobs Computer Science | 3231 jobs ML models | 2769 jobs Research | 2722 jobs Mathematics | 2706 jobs R | 2704 jobs AWS | 2322 jobs Testing | 2125 jobs Deep Learning | 1950 jobs Pipelines | 1850 jobs LLMs | 1779 jobs Data analysis | 1774 jobs GCP | 1592 jobs TensorFlow | 1557 jobs Spark | 1510 jobs Data visualization | 1508 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 | 5076 jobs Health care | 2539 jobs Equity / stock options | 1808 jobs Startup environment | 1743 jobs Competitive pay | 1740 jobs Flex hours | 1653 jobs Insurance | 1653 jobs Salary bonus | 1420 jobs Parental leave | 1161 jobs Flex vacation | 1125 jobs Medical leave | 1026 jobs Team events | 1015 jobs 401(k) matching | 626 jobs Wellness | 624 jobs Conferences | 339 jobs Transparency | 264 jobs Home office stipend | 214 jobs Relocation support | 212 jobs Fitness / gym | 170 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 165 jobsRelated salaries
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