Forklift operator pay in Canada
Median pay in job ads
$22.59 an hour
The median advertised pay for forklift operator jobs in Canada is $22.59 an hour, based on 242 job ads from 153 employers on MovoJobs, January to November 2026.
The median is the middle figure: half of the ads pay more than this and half pay less.
- Middle half of ads
- $21.13 to $24.63
- Yearly, full time
- $47,000
- Ads counted
- 242 from 153 employers
How it compares
All figures are hourly, before tax. MovoJobs figures come from job ads first added between January 21, 2026 and November 14, 2026. Job Bank figures come from what workers reported earning in earlier years.
Government of Canada figures
The Government of Canada's Job Bank puts the median for material handlers in Canada at $22.00 an hour (2023 to 2024 data).
| Area | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| CanadaLabour Force Survey, 2023 to 2024 | $16.55 | $22.00 | $30.29 |
Hourly wages. Job Bank publishes by economic region, a group of nearby cities and towns, not by city. Low usually means 1 in 10 workers reported earning less, and high means 1 in 10 reported earning more (Job Bank method).
Forklift operator pay by province
- Ontario$22.50 /hr
- British Columbia$23.00 /hr
- Alberta$22.00 /hr
- Quebec$23.24 /hr
Forklift operator pay in the largest cities
- Toronto, ON$22.50 /hr
- Mississauga, ON$22.50 /hr
- Vancouver, BC$22.00 /hr
- Brampton, ON$22.50 /hr
- Surrey, BC$23.00 /hr
- Vaughan, ON$23.00 /hr
- Burnaby, BC$23.00 /hr
- Oakville, ON$22.00 /hr
- Richmond, BC$22.50 /hr
- Coquitlam, BC$23.00 /hr
- Milton, ON$22.25 /hr
- Delta, BC$22.38 /hr
- North Vancouver (District municipality), BC$22.25 /hr
- New Westminster, BC$23.00 /hr
- Halton Hills, ON$22.50 /hr
- Port Coquitlam, BC$23.00 /hr
- North Vancouver (City), BC$22.00 /hr
- Georgetown, ON$22.50 /hr
- Port Moody, BC$23.00 /hr
- Bolton, ON$23.00 /hr
Figures for 21 cities in all. Choose a province above to see each one.
Related jobs in Canada
- Warehouse worker$21.50 /hr
- Shipping & receiving clerk$22.00 /hr
- Warehouse & logistics supervisor$36.00 /hr
- Logistics coordinator$27.82 /hr
- Storekeeper and partsperson$26.57 /hr
- Dispatcher$27.50 /hr
- Inventory control worker$28.30 /hr
Forklift operator jobs in Canada now
- Forklift OperatorTransx Ltd · New Westminster, BC
- Forklift OperatorOxford Frozen Foods · NB$20 CAD / hour
- Forklift OperatorTransx Ltd · Winnipeg, MB
- Forklift OperatorTransx Ltd · Edmonton, AB
- Forklift OperatorOxford Frozen Foods · Oxford, NS
Common questions
How much does a forklift operator make in Canada?
The median advertised pay for forklift operator jobs in Canada is $22.59 an hour, based on 242 job ads from 153 employers on MovoJobs, January to November 2026. Half of the ads pay between $21.13 and $24.63 an hour. The median is the middle figure: half of the ads pay more than this and half pay less.
What is the yearly salary for a forklift operator in Canada?
About $47,000 a year at the median, working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks (2,080 hours). The middle half of ads works out to $44,000 to $51,200.
What does the Government of Canada say?
The Government of Canada's Job Bank puts the median for material handlers in Canada at $22.00 an hour (2023 to 2024 data). Job Bank figures come from surveys of what workers earn, so they can differ from what employers advertise.
How we work this out
We use every MovoJobs ad for this job in Canada, where the employer listed pay in Canadian dollars. The ads were first added between January 21, 2026 and November 14, 2026, including ads that have since closed. Pay that we estimated from the text is never used.
Ranges count at their midpoint. Yearly, monthly, weekly and daily pay become hourly at 40 hours a week. When one employer posts the same rate more than once, it counts as one ad. We publish a figure only when at least 20 ads from at least 5 employers match, and no single employer posted more than half of them. Job titles are matched to Canada's National Occupational Classification, so similar titles (such as line cook and prep cook) count together.
We do not publish a figure when most ads sit on the government's wage minimum for hiring through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the figure is well above Job Bank, or when a city's ads are all shared with a larger city nearby.
Sources
- MovoJobs job ads with employer-listed pay, January to November 2026. Updated November 14, 2026.
- Job Bank, Government of Canada: Wages (open data, 2025 release), revised November 19, 2025. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Explore more on Job Bank.
- Statistics Canada: economic regions (SGC 2021), to match cities to Job Bank regions.