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Canada · Core Public Administration classification · FY 2026

EG-5 Classification Salary

Engineering & Scientific Support — EG-5. Engineering and Scientific Support — technical engineering and scientific roles.

2026 salary range
$78,909$99,200
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1$78,909$6,576$38
2$82,062$6,839$39
3$85,350$7,113$41
4$88,760$7,397$43
5$92,316$7,693$44
6$96,005$8,000$46
7$99,200$8,267$48
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 EG-5 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 EG-5 make in the Canada federal government?

A EG-5 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $78,909 and $99,200 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the EG-5 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.