[Canada] Increase in job ads including salary information

In Canada, more than half of job postings (57 per cent) now include wage or salary information, rising from around one in five postings six years ago, HR Reporter reports.

The majority of these gains were almost entirely concentrated in Ontario, where, HR Reporter notes, new requirements under the province's overhauled Employment Standards Act took effect on January 1, 2026. 

Under the changes, employers with at least 25 employees are now required to include expected pay information in all public job postings.

Prior to the Ontario law taking effect, 49 per cent of the province’s job postings reportedly included explicit pay information. By June 2026, Indeed's Pay Transparency Tracker showed that figure had leapt by 45 per cent to 71 per cent.

In November 2023, British Columbia introduced similar pay disclosure requirements, leading to a comparable spike in salary transparency at the time of implementation. The rest of the country has seen only a limited impact from either provincial law.

Beyond B.C. and Ontario, just 41 per cent of Canadian job postings included pay information as of June 2026. That figure has remained fairly static for three years.

The increases were broad-based across sectors, HR Reporter said, with a median gain of 31 percentage points from June 2025 to June 2026. Occupations with the lowest pay disclosure rates before the legislation reportedly saw some of the greatest gains, with transparency in mechanical engineering postings rising 43 percentage points, and civil engineering jumping by 46 points.

According to Indeed, HR pay transparency went from 30 per cent to 70 per cent.

Higher-paying roles, however, had more modest gains. Notably, Ontario's legislation exempts employers from disclosing compensation which exceeds $200,000 annually. Pay transparency among postings for physicians and surgeons dropped one percentage point, while therapists, dentists, and roles in banking and finance were among the smallest increases.

Source: HR Reporter

In Canada, more than half of job postings (57 per cent) now include wage or salary information, rising from around one in five postings six years ago, HR Reporter reports.

The majority of these gains were almost entirely concentrated in Ontario, where, HR Reporter notes, new requirements under the province's overhauled Employment Standards Act took effect on January 1, 2026. 

Under the changes, employers with at least 25 employees are now required to include expected pay information in all public job postings.

Prior to the Ontario law taking effect, 49 per cent of the province’s job postings reportedly included explicit pay information. By June 2026, Indeed's Pay Transparency Tracker showed that figure had leapt by 45 per cent to 71 per cent.

In November 2023, British Columbia introduced similar pay disclosure requirements, leading to a comparable spike in salary transparency at the time of implementation. The rest of the country has seen only a limited impact from either provincial law.

Beyond B.C. and Ontario, just 41 per cent of Canadian job postings included pay information as of June 2026. That figure has remained fairly static for three years.

The increases were broad-based across sectors, HR Reporter said, with a median gain of 31 percentage points from June 2025 to June 2026. Occupations with the lowest pay disclosure rates before the legislation reportedly saw some of the greatest gains, with transparency in mechanical engineering postings rising 43 percentage points, and civil engineering jumping by 46 points.

According to Indeed, HR pay transparency went from 30 per cent to 70 per cent.

Higher-paying roles, however, had more modest gains. Notably, Ontario's legislation exempts employers from disclosing compensation which exceeds $200,000 annually. Pay transparency among postings for physicians and surgeons dropped one percentage point, while therapists, dentists, and roles in banking and finance were among the smallest increases.

Source: HR Reporter