Which pays more, Toronto or Vancouver?

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

Toronto vs Vancouver

Toronto pays more: a median of $65,500 against $59,500. Demand is comparable on both sides.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Toronto	Vancouver	Gap
Open postings	54,057	52,659	+1,398
Posted this week	2,074	4,104
Median salary	$65,500	$59,500	+$6k
25th percentile	$51.5k	$47k
75th percentile	$81k	$74k
Salary disclosed	5.3%	7.1%
Remote share	7.3%	8.8%	-1.5pp
Median age of posting	38d	40d
Open over 60 days	48.4%	40.8%
Visa sponsorship	7.5%	23.3%

Pay

Pay distribution

Toronto

$29k$113k

Vancouver

$27k$103k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Toronto

just posted38d median90d+

Vancouver

just posted40d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Toronto — technologies

Swift

72.0%

Figma

65.8%

Python

59.6%

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

AWS

41.0%

Docker

34.8%

Vancouver — technologies

AWS

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

JavaScript

59.6%

Figma

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

dbt

41.0%

Kotlin

34.8%

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%

Vancouver — employers

Ironbark Manufacturing

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Aperture Labs

7.2%

Kestrel Health

6.5%

Quarry Analytics

5.8%

Brightline Retail

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Canada city comparisons

Montreal vs Toronto Montreal 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%.