Wages Registered Nurse (R.N.) in Canada

National Occupational Classification update

We have updated this page to reflect the transition to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This means that the occupation "registered nurse (R.N.)" was moved from the group Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 3012) to the group Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301).

Find out how much people working as a "registered nurse (R.N.)" earned last year in Canada.

Prevailing wages in Canada

Note that these wages were updated on November 16th, 2022 based on the 2016 version of the NOC. Learn more about our methodology.

Hourly wages by community/area
Community/Area Low ($/hour) Median ($/hour) High ($/hour) Note
Canada 27.03 40.00 49.00
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Nunavut 32.00 54.50 60.00
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Northwest Territories 39.00 50.12 60.00
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Yukon Territory 40.00 49.00 52.00
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British Columbia 31.00 42.00 48.00
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Alberta 33.30 45.00 50.59
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Saskatchewan 35.00 45.00 49.30
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Manitoba 32.00 42.00 48.00
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Ontario 26.00 38.92 48.00
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Quebec 24.25 37.00 45.44
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New Brunswick 32.00 39.57 45.00
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Nova Scotia 27.00 39.00 44.50
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Prince Edward Island 26.69 40.00 45.00
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Newfoundland and Labrador 30.00 40.83 45.18
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Wage methodology

Labour Market Information Survey
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