Where you stand
Average salary and income percentiles in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau)
See how any individual income compares in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau), based on CRA tax-filer data published by Statistics Canada. Type a number to find your percentile, or browse the benchmarks below.
Income figures cover the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau), the region Statistics Canada reports, not the municipality alone.
The Ottawa–Gatineau CMA spans Ontario and Quebec, so these percentiles cover tax filers on both sides of the river.
Average salary
What is the average salary in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau)?
The median individual income in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau) is about $56,040 a year — half of tax filers earn more, half earn less. Across Ontario as a whole, the median is $44,640. Published “average salary” figures usually run higher than what a typical worker earns, because a small number of very high incomes pull the mean up: the top 10% in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau) earn over $139,120. This median also counts everyone who files a return — retirees, students and part-time workers — so it sits well below typical full-time pay.
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The distribution
Individual income by percentile in Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau)
Each anchor is from official data; values in between are interpolated.
Compare cities
Median income in 18 Canadian cities
Median individual income by census metropolitan area, from the same tax-filer data.
| # | City (CMA) | Median income | Top 10% earn over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottawa (Ottawa–Gatineau) Here | $56,040 | $139,120 |
| 2 | Victoria | $53,420 | $133,935 |
| 3 | Quebec City | $51,500 | $118,854 |
| 4 | Regina | $49,710 | $129,267 |
| 5 | Calgary | $48,810 | $143,960 |
| 6 | Edmonton | $48,730 | $134,621 |
| 7 | Saskatoon | $47,940 | $129,072 |
| 8 | Halifax | $47,320 | $122,551 |
| 9 | Hamilton | $47,310 | $133,149 |
| 10 | Kelowna | $47,300 | $130,097 |
| 11 | St. John's | $46,560 | $127,733 |
| 12 | Montréal | $45,640 | $121,473 |
| 13 | Kitchener–Waterloo | $45,570 | $127,165 |
| 14 | Vancouver | $45,230 | $134,517 |
| 15 | London | $43,850 | $116,292 |
| 16 | Winnipeg | $43,430 | $111,062 |
| 17 | Toronto | $41,900 | $134,582 |
| 18 | Windsor | $41,790 | $113,873 |
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