Boilermaker Pay in Canada in 2026: Wages by Province and Region

What do boilermakers earn in Canada?

The first table gives Job Bank's wages for boilermakers across Canada. Half of the workers in a group earn more than the median, and half earn less. The province and region tables follow.

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Boilermaker wages across Canada

Boilermaker wages in every province and territory

Boilermakers (NOC 72103) · Hourly · Data from 2023 to 2024 · Dated November 19, 2025

Which provinces pay boilermakers the most?

In the province and territory table, Alberta has the highest median, and Newfoundland and Labrador has the lowest. The table also gives the high wage for each province and territory with a figure, beside the median.

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Pay in cities and regions

The table below lists every region with a Job Bank figure. It groups the regions by province, in the same order as the province table, and lists them by name. Find the region where the job is before you compare an offer.

Boilermaker wages by region

Boilermakers (NOC 72103) · Hourly · Dated November 19, 2025

Fair-wage and minimum rates compared with the median

Some public contracts, and one provincial law, set a rate for each trade. The rate list below gives the boilermaker rates from two of them. They are the City of Toronto fair wage schedule for industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) work and Manitoba's ICI minimum wage schedule. To compare a rate with the Job Bank median, find the Toronto row in the region table, or the Manitoba row in the province table. Keep two points in mind. The schedule rates are journeyperson rates, and the Job Bank median covers everyone in the occupation group. The schedule rates are for 2026 and 2027, and the medians cover earlier years.

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Published fair-wage and minimum rates for journeyperson boilermakers

• For trade 3, Boilermaker Journeyperson, the City of Toronto fair wage schedule for ICI work lists $56.62 an hour plus $10.92 in fringe benefits from May 3, 2026. From May 2, 2027, it lists $58.50 plus $11.02. Vacation and holiday pay is 12% of the hourly rate.[1]
• On City of Toronto ICI contracts, hours past the weekly limit, 40 hours for boilermakers, are paid at time and a half.[1]
• Manitoba's ICI minimum wage schedule lists $39.85 an hour for a journeyperson boilermaker from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027. From May 1, 2027, it lists $40.64.[2]
• In Manitoba's ICI construction sector, standard hours are 10 hours a day and 40 hours a week. Hours past these limits are paid at the overtime rate.[2]

How much do apprentice boilermakers earn?

Some provinces set apprentice pay as a share of the journeyperson wage. The share depends on your hours. The list below gives the schedules for New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.

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Apprentice wage schedules by province

• In New Brunswick, the boilermaker apprenticeship is 5,400 hours. Apprentices earn at least 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70% and 85% of the journeyperson rate, one share for each 900 hours. This applies unless a collective agreement sets the rate.[3][4]
• Saskatchewan's 2020 table, an unofficial consolidation, lists at least 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% and 90% of a new journeyperson's hourly rate for boilermaker apprentices. Each share covers 900 hours, for 5,400 hours in all.[5]

Before you move for boilermaker work

Check these points before you accept a job in another city or province.

• Compare the regional median, not only the provincial one. The region table lists each region under its province.
• Ask whether the job is on a public contract with a fair wage rate, such as a City of Toronto ICI contract. The rate list above gives the rates.
• Ask how overtime is paid. The rate list above gives the overtime rules for City of Toronto ICI contracts and Manitoba ICI work.
• Ask whether a quoted rate includes vacation and holiday pay. The Toronto schedule lists it apart from the hourly rate, as a share of that rate.
• If you are an apprentice, check the wage schedule in the new province. The apprentice list above gives the New Brunswick and Saskatchewan schedules.

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How to read these figures

Job Bank gives a low, a median and a high hourly wage for each place. The note under each table shows the period that the figures cover. The high wage is not a maximum. A cell that says No published figure has no Job Bank figure in this release.

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