Average Canadian Weekly Wage $823

Canadian average weekly earnings, including overtime, of employees was $823 in June 2009, up 1.8% from June 2008.

In the largest industrial sectors, from June 2008 to June 2009, average weekly earnings were up by 6.0% in health care and social assistance, 3.4% in public administration, 2.8% in retail trade and 0.1% in accommodation & food services.

For the same year-over-year period, average weekly earnings fell 5.4% in manufacturing and 2.4% in educational services.

Provincially, the strongest year-over-year earnings growth occurred in Prince Edward Island (+6.5%), Newfoundland & Labrador (+4.9%) and Alberta (+4.3%).

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Province
June 2009

Province	Average Weekly Earnings $ (£)
Newfoundland and Labrador	805 (£453)
Prince Edward Island	692 (£390)
Nova Scotia	726 (£409)
New Brunswick	737 (£415)
Quebec	771 (£434)
Ontario	843 (£475)
Manitoba	765 (£431)
Saskatchewan	804 (£453)
Alberta	963 (£542)
British Columbia	799 (£450)

Canadian Average Weekly Earnings By Industry
June 2009

Industry	Average Weekly Earnings $ (£)
Forestry & logging	837 (£471)
Mining, oil & gas	1715 (£966)
Utilities	1490 (£839)
Construction	1066 (£600)
Manufacturing	909 (£512)
Wholesale trade	1007 (£567)
Retail trade	483 (£272)
Transportation & warehousing	876 (£493)
Information & cultural industries	1111 (£625)
Finance & insurance	1038 (£584)
Real estate, rental & leasing	799 (£450)
Professional, scientific & technical services	1151 (£648)
Management of companies & enterprises	1166 (£656)
Health care & social assistance	778 (£438)
Arts, entertainment & recreation	510 (£287)
Accommodation & food services	328 (£185)
Educational services	851 (£479)
Public administration	1072 (£604)

exchange rate £1 = $1.776
Data from Statistics Canada