In Canada, published figures put pay for a journalist at CA$35–CA$300 an hour.
What journalist work in Canada pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
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What journalist job ads in Canada offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 6 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance | Average annual income of freelance journalists | CA$31,336 a year | $86.06 | FNCC-CSN · Survey |
| Freelance | Range members charge, depending on task | CA$35–CA$250 an hour | $814.09 | CFU · Survey |
| Freelance | Common general hourly rate | CA$150–CA$300 an hour | $1,285.41 | CFU · Survey |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
A common rate per hour in a general sense is $150-300.DocumentCanadian Freelance Union rate sheet (member survey, from 2018) · Survey StatusIn force
our members charge anywhere between $35 – $250 per hour depending on the taskDocumentCanadian Freelance Union rate sheet (member survey, from 2018) · Survey StatusIn force
ces personnes gagnant en moyenne 31 336 $ par annéeDocumentQuebec freelance journalists survey (FNCC-CSN and AJIQ), Dec 2022 · Survey StatusIn force
Questions people ask
In Canada, published figures put pay for a journalist at CA$35–CA$300 an hour.
CFU, FNCC-CSN, in 2 documents.
CA$117,500 a year in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half CA$114,750–CA$118,750 · 3 ads.
A journalist's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count