Updated July 2026 · Canada · British Columbia
Vancouver AI compensation.
West Coast Canadian tech hub. Strong AI engineering and gaming presence; remote-friendly culture pulls senior talent from US West Coast firms.
AI salaries in Vancouver.
A Software Engineer in Vancouver earns a median of CA$109,470 per year in base salary.
Base salary, annual, in CAD. Reconciled from ESDC Open Government wages, NOC 2021 coded. Sample sizes are structural placeholders. ESDC does not publish per-cell counts.
| Role | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Product Manager | CA$94,390 | CA$140,130 | CA$198,037 |
| Engineering Manager | CA$94,390 | CA$140,130 | CA$198,037 |
| DevOps Engineer | CA$73,237 | CA$109,470 | CA$165,942 |
| AI Infrastructure Engineer | CA$73,237 | CA$109,470 | CA$165,942 |
| Software Engineer | CA$73,237 | CA$109,470 | CA$165,942 |
| AI Solutions Architect | CA$74,672 | CA$99,424 | CA$172,640 |
| Backend Developer | CA$67,558 | CA$97,261 | CA$143,624 |
City facts.
- Province
- British Columbia
- Population (metro)
- 2.6M
- StatCan ER code
- 5930
- Industries
- ai-engineering, gaming, scaleups, biotech
How the Vancouver number is built.
Vancouver figures come from ESDC's Open Government wages dataset, which publishes per-occupation pay at the Economic Region level. Vancouver resolves via Statistics Canada Economic Region 5930, and each Orbyt role maps to its NOC 2021 occupation code. The figure is gross base salary in Canadian dollars; provincial and federal income tax is the consumer's calculation, not baked in.
Every estimate traces back to its government source through the methodology paper. The figure is served in native Canadian dollars.
Cite the source.
Every Vancouver estimate Orbyt publishes traces back to a specific government data source. The methodology paper documents the per-source weights, confidence tiers, and reconciliation rules.