Which pays more, Montreal or Toronto?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Montreal vs Toronto

Toronto pays more: a median of $65,500 against $60,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for Toronto move faster — median age 38 days against 78.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Montreal	Toronto	Gap
Open postings	70,545	54,057	+16,488
Posted this week	1,678	2,074
Median salary	$60,000	$65,500	$-5.5k
25th percentile	$47.5k	$51.5k
75th percentile	$74.5k	$81k
Salary disclosed	5.0%	5.3%
Remote share	7.1%	7.3%	-0.2pp
Median age of posting	78d	38d
Open over 60 days	50.9%	48.4%
Visa sponsorship	11.5%	7.5%

Pay

Pay distribution

Montreal

$27k$104k

Toronto

$29k$113k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Montreal

just posted78d median90d+

Toronto

just posted38d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Montreal — technologies

Python

72.0%

dbt

65.8%

Node.js

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

JavaScript

47.2%

HubSpot

41.0%

TypeScript

34.8%

Toronto — technologies

Swift

72.0%

Figma

65.8%

Python

59.6%

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

AWS

41.0%

Docker

34.8%

Montreal — employers

Northwind Systems

9.4%

Aperture Labs

8.7%

Cobalt Financial

8.0%

Solstice Biotech

7.2%

Fairmount Legal

6.5%

Tidewater Insurance

5.8%

Pinewood Education

5.1%

Toronto — employers

Solstice Biotech

9.4%

Fairmount Legal

8.7%

Lakeshore Hospitality

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Halcyon Energy

6.5%

Brightline Retail

5.8%

Kestrel Health

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Canada city comparisons

Montreal vs Vancouver Toronto vs Vancouver

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.