🇨🇦 Market Updated March 2, 2026

Legal Salaries in Canada

Explore comprehensive salary data, career paths, and job opportunities in the legal sector across Canada based on real-time market data.

Avg Category Salary / year
146,722 CAD
Highest Salary / year
360,200 CAD
Entry Level / year
43,400 CAD

Job Roles & Compensation

Job TitleSalary / year (CAD)Salary / year (USD)National Tier
Magistrate Judge 360,200 CAD $265,282.86 Top 10%
Crown Prosecution Service Lawyer 336,800 CAD $248,049.04 Top 10%
Administrative Law Judge 320,500 CAD $236,044.3 Top 10%
General Counsel 307,400 CAD $226,396.31 Top 10%
Litigation Attorney 294,300 CAD $216,748.32 Top 10%
Legal Services Manager 280,400 CAD $206,511.14 Top 10%
Legal Services Director 274,700 CAD $202,313.16 Top 10%
Judge Advocate 245,600 CAD $180,881.37 Top 10%
Attorney 243,000 CAD $178,966.5 Top 10%
Lawyer 238,300 CAD $175,505.01 Top 10%
Legal Executive 206,100 CAD $151,790.11 Top 10%
Counsel 175,200 CAD $129,032.64 Middle 40%
In House Counsel 175,200 CAD $129,032.64 Middle 40%
Legal Counsel 175,100 CAD $128,958.99 Middle 40%
Staff Attorney 175,100 CAD $128,958.99 Middle 40%
Corporate Counsel 172,200 CAD $126,823.18 Middle 40%
Immigration Executive 167,100 CAD $123,067.09 Middle 40%
Patent Attorney 167,100 CAD $123,067.09 Middle 40%
Associate Attorney 158,700 CAD $116,880.59 Middle 40%
Arbitrator 152,700 CAD $112,461.67 Middle 40%
Litigation Paralegal 151,800 CAD $111,798.83 Middle 40%
Legal Consultant 148,300 CAD $109,221.12 Middle 40%
Legal Consultant 146,700 CAD $108,042.74 Middle 40%
Legal Advisor 141,000 CAD $103,844.76 Middle 40%
Contracts Manager 130,500 CAD $96,111.64 Middle 40%
Candidate Attorney 128,400 CAD $94,565.02 Middle 40%
Intellectual Property Specialist 119,700 CAD $88,157.57 Middle 40%
Conciliator 115,600 CAD $85,137.97 Middle 40%
Legal Associate 114,900 CAD $84,622.43 Middle 40%
Legislative Liaison 114,900 CAD $84,622.43 Middle 40%
Contracts Negotiator 114,600 CAD $84,401.49 Middle 40%
Legal Editor 111,700 CAD $82,265.67 Middle 40%
Court Liaison Specialist 107,300 CAD $79,025.13 Middle 40%
Paralegal 92,900 CAD $68,419.7 Middle 40%
Court Judicial Assistant 88,600 CAD $65,252.81 Middle 40%
Court Reporter 86,100 CAD $63,411.59 Middle 40%
Contracts Associate 79,600 CAD $58,624.42 Middle 40%
Contracts Specialist 74,500 CAD $54,868.33 Middle 40%
Legal Officer 72,700 CAD $53,542.65 Middle 40%
Bailiff 71,200 CAD $52,437.92 Middle 40%
Court Representative 68,900 CAD $50,744 Middle 40%
Legal Secretary 64,600 CAD $47,577.1 Middle 40%
Legal Executive Secretary 63,500 CAD $46,766.97 Middle 40%
Legal Assistant 61,700 CAD $45,441.29 Middle 40%
Conveyancing Secretary 60,700 CAD $44,704.8 Middle 40%
Barrister 60,100 CAD $44,262.91 Middle 40%
Legal Administrative Assistant 60,100 CAD $44,262.91 Middle 40%
Legal IP Officer 57,100 CAD $42,053.45 Middle 40%
Court Clerk 54,200 CAD $39,917.63 Middle 40%
Law Clerk 51,800 CAD $38,150.06 Middle 40%
Legal Support Worker 43,400 CAD $31,963.56 Middle 40%

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