Cleaning jobs in Canada
How much do Canadian cleaners earn?
In some provinces, cleaners are in high demand and can immigrate under simplified programs. To migrate to Nova Scotia you only need to know the language at school level, have a year of work experience in the profession and enough money in your bank account to live in Canada for a couple of months.
If you have the opportunity to work in Canada as a temporary resident, working as a cleaner can increase your chances of staying in the country for permanent residence. There are programs from provinces that are specifically interested in cleaners, for example, Saskatchewan has special conditions for hotel and restaurant workers.
Salaries
The average wage for janitors in Canada as of April 2022 is $17.19 CAD per hour. There are cities where the average wage is higher: in Calgary and Edmonton janitors are paid more than $19 CAD an hour.
Cleaning companies are more picky in their selection of personnel, but they also promise a salary higher than the market average. For example, the company Scrubbi, whose rating on the portal Indeed 4.8 out of 5 (based on 702 employee reviews), pays cleaning professionals $23.48 CAD per hour. Overall, workers are happy, although the company does not reimburse the cost of cleaning supplies and fuel for the machine. But employees have flexible hours and usually they have an opportunity to choose a client near their home. And in Canada it is customary to tip service personnel.
Cleaning supervisors, the people who train and supervise staff in cleaning companies and supervise cleaning crews, make even more. In Ontario, for example, they are paid $24-27 CAD an hour.
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