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 135,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 116 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 108,800 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.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 116
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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 | 4366 jobs Machine Learning | 4123 jobs Statistics | 3409 jobs Engineering | 3317 jobs SQL | 3197 jobs Computer Science | 2363 jobs ML models | 2150 jobs Research | 2023 jobs Mathematics | 2018 jobs R | 1991 jobs AWS | 1814 jobs Testing | 1682 jobs Deep Learning | 1555 jobs LLMs | 1392 jobs Pipelines | 1387 jobs Data analysis | 1325 jobs GCP | 1279 jobs Data visualization | 1240 jobs TensorFlow | 1183 jobs NLP | 1120 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 | 3858 jobs Health care | 1866 jobs Startup environment | 1444 jobs Equity / stock options | 1418 jobs Competitive pay | 1370 jobs Insurance | 1295 jobs Flex hours | 1253 jobs Salary bonus | 1109 jobs Parental leave | 867 jobs Flex vacation | 860 jobs Team events | 793 jobs Medical leave | 740 jobs 401(k) matching | 453 jobs Wellness | 446 jobs Conferences | 265 jobs Transparency | 196 jobs Home office stipend | 178 jobs Relocation support | 161 jobs Fitness / gym | 138 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 131 jobsRelated salaries
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