What is the average Cybersecurity salary in Canada?

The median midpoint of 39 live Cybersecurity postings in Canada is $199k a year. Half of them fall between $170k and $207k.

How does Cybersecurity pay change with seniority?

senior postings $182k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.

Which companies pay Cybersecurity roles the most?

Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at GitLab ($203k), Elastic ($199k), Asana ($190k), Okta ($175k).

Where do these numbers come from?

From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

Cybersecurity salary in Canada

What employers are offering right now, from 39 live Cybersecurity postings in Canada that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.

Median

$199k

a year, base pay

Middle half

$170k–$207k

25th to 75th percentile

Highest posted

$302k

range midpoint

How the offers are spread

$75k

$103k

$132k

$160k

$188k

$217k

$245k

$273k

Cybersecurity pay by level

Level	Median	Postings
Senior	$182k	15
Staff & principal	$203k	16

Top-paying companies for Cybersecurity roles

Company	Median	Postings
GitLab	$203k	10
Elastic	$199k	6
Asana	$190k	2
Okta	$175k	6

Highest-paying open Cybersecurity jobs

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Security Engineer, Cloud

New York, NY (HQ) · Remote (Canada) Full-time $211k – $291k/yr

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GitLabRemote

Principal Security Researcher

Remote, Canada; Remote, Israel; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, United States $203k – $275k/yr

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Software Engineer, Security (all levels)

Remote: United States · Remote: Canada Full-time $170k – $290k/yr

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Staff Security Engineer - Bot & Traffic Defence

Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON $191k – $262k/yr

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Cybersecurity salary: common questions

What is the average Cybersecurity salary in Canada?: The median midpoint of 39 live Cybersecurity postings in Canada is $199k a year. Half of them fall between $170k and $207k.
How does Cybersecurity pay change with seniority?: senior postings $182k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
Which companies pay Cybersecurity roles the most?: Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at GitLab ($203k), Elastic ($199k), Asana ($190k), Okta ($175k).
Where do these numbers come from?: From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

JobApplyPilot reads employers' own job postings. Pay shown is base salary from published ranges, not total compensation.