NOC 2021 · 31110 · TEER 1
Dentists: wages in Canada
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $32,867 per year | $110,000 per year | $228,000 per year |
| Quebec | $33,109 per year | $106,000 per year | $228,000 per year |
| Ontario | $37,561 per year | $104,000 per year | $210,000 per year |
| Alberta | $32,867 per year | $120,000 per year | $270,000 per year |
| British Columbia | $37,929 per year | $84,000 per year | $214,000 per year |
No local figure for Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut (they are not drawn).
Data Job Bank wages 2025 (Employment and Social Development Canada), released . Reference periods 2021–2024; each occupation page names its own. Sources and notes
Figures are per year, in Canadian dollars.
Job Bank publishes this occupation as an annual amount (In this occupation, a large number of people are self-employed. For this reason, wages for this occupation are presented at an annual rate to better represent earnings for this occupation.). No hourly conversion is applied.
By province and territory
“Larger-area figure only” means Job Bank shows that area with a provincial, Atlantic or national figure; it is not a local wage and is not shown here. Differences are calculated only between figures in the same unit.
Dentists (NOC 31110): published wages by area
14 areas
| Area | Low | Median | High | Figure | Median vs Canada | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | $32,867 per year | $110,000 per year | $228,000 per year | Annual | This area | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Not published | $180,000 per year | Not published | Annual | +$70,000 (+63.6%) | |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No match | |
| Nova Scotia | Not published | $126,000 per year | Not published | Annual | +$16,000 (+14.5%) | |
| New Brunswick | Not published | $132,000 per year | Not published | Annual | +$22,000 (+20.0%) | |
| Quebec | $33,109 per year | $106,000 per year | $228,000 per year | Annual | −$4,000 (−3.6%) | |
| Ontario | $37,561 per year | $104,000 per year | $210,000 per year | Annual | −$6,000 (−5.5%) | |
| Manitoba | Not published | $116,000 per year | Not published | Annual | +$6,000 (+5.5%) | |
| Saskatchewan | Not published | $110,000 per year | Not published | Annual | same | |
| Alberta | $32,867 per year | $120,000 per year | $270,000 per year | Annual | +$10,000 (+9.1%) | |
| British Columbia | $37,929 per year | $84,000 per year | $214,000 per year | Annual | −$26,000 (−23.6%) | |
| Yukon | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No match | |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No match | |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | No match |
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Source of these figures
- Source code: Census 2021 CAN NOC5 — 2021 Census, reference period 2021
- Job Bank wages 2025, released (sources)
Sources and notes
Independent site Canada Wage Atlas is not a Government of Canada website and is not affiliated with Employment and Social Development Canada or Job Bank.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Coverage, symbols, caveats and source file
Coverage. 516 NOC 2021 occupation groups for Canada: 515 with a local figure, 0 shown by Job Bank only with a larger area’s figure, 1 not published.
- Not published No value released for this cell; a gap, never zero.
- Job Bank leaves a cell empty when it cannot publish a reliable wage. This site shows “Not published”, never zero.
- Where Job Bank shows an area with a larger area’s wage, this site says “Larger-area figure only” and does not present it as a local wage.
- Hourly and annual figures are never mixed or compared. See the methodology.
Job Bank wages 2025 (open data)
- Publisher
- Employment and Social Development Canada (Job Bank)
- Dataset page
- open.canada.ca — Job Bank wages
- Released
- Reference period
- 2021–2024 (Labour Force Survey 2023–2024 for most rows)
- File
- wages-2025.csv
- SHA-256
7bd29fb41b2a84eb61a4dbf49bfb63651a8a694c62ce42ac69cb785679d66328- Methodology
- Job Bank wage methodology