In Canada, published freelance rates for a reporter are CA$0.10–CA$1 a word.
What reporter work in Canada pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Hour
Feuillet (1,500 characters)
Article
Word
Page (250 words)
What reporter job ads in Canada offer
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 33 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Canada, median hourly wage | CA$36.92 an hour | $210.92 | ESDC · Official statistics |
| On staff | Ontario, median hourly wage | CA$38.46 an hour | $219.72 | ESDC · Official statistics |
| On staff | Toronto region, median hourly wage | CA$40.73 an hour | $232.68 | ESDC · Official statistics |
| On staff | Canada, low to high hourly wage | CA$20.19–CA$62.50 an hour | $236.17 | ESDC · Official statistics |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
120 $/feuilletDocumentAJIQ recommended minimum rates for Quebec freelance journalists, 1 Jan 2018 · Recommended minimums StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2018
100 $/feuilletDocumentAJIQ recommended minimum rates for Quebec freelance journalists, 1 Jan 2018 · Recommended minimums StatusIn force · 1 Jan 2018
$0.30 to $1.00 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$250 to $2,500 per articleDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$0.10 to $0.50 per wordDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
$75 to $1,000 per articleDocumentWhat to pay a writer: CFG freelance rate guidelines (PWAC era, undated) · Recommended rates StatusIn force
Le tarif moyen qu'ils touchent s'élève à 109 $ pour 250 mots.DocumentQuebec freelance journalists survey (FNCC-CSN and AJIQ), Dec 2022 · Survey StatusIn force
36.92DocumentJob Bank wages for journalists (NOC 51113), updated 19 Nov 2025 · Official statistics StatusIn force
20.19 / 62.50DocumentJob Bank wages for journalists (NOC 51113), updated 19 Nov 2025 · Official statistics StatusIn force
38.46DocumentJob Bank wages for journalists (NOC 51113), updated 19 Nov 2025 · Official statistics StatusIn force
40.73DocumentJob Bank wages for journalists (NOC 51113), updated 19 Nov 2025 · Official statistics StatusIn force
Up to 90 seconds $113.21DocumentCBC/Radio-Canada and CMG freelance minimum rates, 1 Apr 2019 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2019
Each additional minute $14.86DocumentCBC/Radio-Canada and CMG freelance minimum rates, 1 Apr 2019 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2019
Per word $0.60DocumentCBC/Radio-Canada and CMG freelance minimum rates, 1 Apr 2019 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2019
For the first hour of such engagement: $50.00DocumentCBC/Radio-Canada and CMG freelance minimum rates, 1 Apr 2019 · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2019
The minimum rate for Text Contributions jumps to 60 cents a wordDocumentCBC/Radio-Canada freelance text contributor minimum, 1 Apr 2018 (historical) · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2018
from 55 cents a word, where it had sat for the past 2 yearsDocumentCBC/Radio-Canada freelance text contributor minimum, 1 Apr 2018 (historical) · Collective agreement StatusReplaced or expired · 1 Apr 2018
Questions people ask
In Canada, published freelance rates for a reporter are CA$0.10–CA$1 a word.
AJIQ, CFG, CMG, ESDC, FNCC-CSN, in 6 documents.
CA$60,000 a year in the middle of the ads from the last 12 months: middle half CA$48,350–CA$67,071.04 · 24 ads.
Feuillet (1,500 characters). Rates per unit stay in that unit on our pages, never turned into a day.
Page (250 words). Rates per unit stay in that unit on our pages, never turned into a day.
A reporter's minimum nearby
Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ 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