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Canada · Core Public Administration classification · FY 2026

AI-03 Classification Salary

Air Traffic Control — AI-03. Air Traffic Control (Nav Canada).

2026 salary range
$94,645$129,171
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1$94,645$7,887$46
2$98,180$8,182$47
3$101,720$8,477$49
4$105,260$8,772$51
5$108,799$9,067$52
6$112,337$9,361$54
7$115,869$9,656$56
8$119,408$9,951$57
9$122,938$10,245$59
10$129,171$10,764$62
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.

Beyond base: annual adjustments

Base tables understate real take-home. Canada federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the AI-03 base shown above.

Conditional adjustmentFormulaIf applied (min)If applied (max)
Bilingual bonus
CA$800/year for employees in bilingual-imperative positions who maintain required French/English proficiency. Not automatic — role-dependent.
$800 flat+$800+$800

Frequently asked

How much does a AI-03 make in the Canada federal government?

A AI-03 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $94,645 and $129,171 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the AI-03 classification the same in every agency?

The base pay scale is set centrally by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) at https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pubs_pol/hrpubs/coll_agre/. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.

Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) · Last verified 2026-04-17.