North America · Canada
Toronto
North America's largest non-US technology market, with strong AI research and immigration advantages.
- Hub score
- 80
- Cost of living
- 96
- Median rent
- $1,980
- Internet speed
- 178 Mbps
Composite of talent, capital, output
100 = US national average
Per month
Toronto combines a deep engineering pipeline with immigration policy that is materially faster than the United States. For US companies, it is the standard answer to H-1B constraints without leaving the time zone.
Strengths
- Fast, predictable immigration routes
- Strong machine-learning research base
- US time-zone alignment
- Compensation 30–40% below US benchmarks
Watch-outs
- Senior talent frequently recruited by US remote offers
- Housing costs have risen sharply
- Smaller local venture market
- Population
- 2.9M
- Timezone
- UTC−5 / −4
- Currency
- CAD
- Talent pool
- 290,000 technology workers
- Visa note
- Global Skills Strategy delivers work permits in roughly two weeks for eligible roles.
Compensation
What tech roles pay in Toronto
Median base salary by role, adjusted for the Toronto market.
| Role | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $120k | $152k |
| Product Manager | $114k | $144k |
| Data Scientist | $109k | $135k |
| Data Engineer | $114k | $142k |
| Analytics Engineer | $98k | $122k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $146k | $186k |
| Product Designer | $99k | $124k |
| UX Researcher | $93k | $115k |
| DevOps Engineer | $116k | $146k |
| Security Engineer | $125k | $158k |
| Engineering Manager | $151k | $188k |
| Technical Program Manager | $119k | $149k |
| Account Executive | $74k | $95k |
| Customer Success Manager | $68k | $87k |
Employers
Notable companies in Toronto
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