Compliance Manager Salary in Canada

The average salary for a Compliance Manager in Canada is C$74,483.

10%

CA$54k

MEDIAN

CA$74k

90%

CA$107k

Salary

C$54k - C$107k

Bonus

C$2k - C$15k

Profit Sharing

C$0 - C$10k

Total Pay

C$52k - C$113k

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What Do Compliance Managers Do?

Compliance managers work on a company's legal, management, and compliance issues. They make sure that their company is up to date with all the regulatory requirements. Their tasks include conducting audits, identifying issues, filing reports, consulting with attorneys, assisting employees, analyzing sales, investigating customer complaints, guiding and teaching fellow employees, overseeing compliance systems, and verifying policies. Compliance managers typically need to be strong leaders, as wel

Compliance Manager Tasks

Perform routine internal audits to ensure that business is operating in accordance with regulations.
Consult with company about processes, practices, and systems and areas of improvement.
Create, implement, administer, and enforce policies, procedures and laws required for a company to operate in accordance with the law and regulations.
Establish and update a compliance manual.

Job Satisfaction for Compliance Manager

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Career Paths

Explore the most common career paths for Compliance Manager. Thickness and color of lines indicates popularity of movement from one job to the next. Visit our career path planner to research other job paths.

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Operations Manager

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Compliance Director

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Vice President, Compliance Officer

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Somewhat common (8 - 20%)

Less common (< 8%)

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What Are Popular Skills for Compliance Managers?

Regulatory Compliance

C$74,847

104 responses

Risk Management / Risk Control

C$78,208

41 responses

Internal Audit

C$67,106

25 responses

Legal Compliance

C$73,712

25 responses

Auditing

C$66,566

17 responses

Skills in Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management / Risk Control are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Auditing, Legal Compliance and Internal Audit.

What is the Pay by Experience Level for Compliance Managers?

An early career Compliance Manager with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of C$67,823 based on 46 salaries. A mid-career Compliance Manager with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of C$71,182 based on 60 salaries. An experienced Compliance Manager with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of C$86,671 based on 62 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of C$85,705.

Pay Difference by Location

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▲14%

▲9%

▲7%

▲7%

▲7%

Vancouver, British Columbia

▼2%

Winnipeg, Manitoba

▼22%

Employees with Compliance Manager in their job title in Calgary, Alberta earn an average of 14.1% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Toronto, Ontario (8.7% more) and Mississauga, Ontario (7.4% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Winnipeg, Manitoba (22.1% less) and Vancouver, British Columbia (2.3% less).