Museum & curatorial salaries in Canada
What museum jobs in Canada have advertised as pay — 17 postings that stated a figure, listed exactly as published. Not a benchmark: with counts this small, “what they paid on these occasions” is the only honest framing. 8 roles are open right now.
What do museum jobs in Canada pay?
Median advertised salary: ≈ €52,279 / year (annualised, 17 figures, from ≈ €29,929 to ≈ €132,300)
Annualised euro figures are deliberately approximate — monthly grades ×12, hourly ×2080, coarse rates for other currencies. The stated figure is always the authoritative one. Methodology
- Assistant Manager, ROMKids (12-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, ON, Canada · Education & Public Programmes
CA$90,488 – CA$106,457 / year · seen 20 October 2026
- Coordinator, ROMKids
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, ON, Canada · Education & Public Programmes
CA$66,441 – CA$75,933 / year · seen 20 October 2026
- Program Assistant (9-month contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, ON, Canada · Education & Public Programmes
CA$27 – CA$30 / hour · seen 20 October 2026
- Registrar of Exhibitions – Internal Candidates Only
Remai Modern (Saskatoon) · Canada · Collections
CA$75,132 – CA$82,834 / year · seen 9 October 2026
- Executive Coordinator, Collections Care
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Collections
CA$74,419 – CA$87,552 / year · seen 8 October 2026
- Preparator (Casual)
Remai Modern (Saskatoon) · Canada · Production
CA$38 – CA$42 / hour · seen 26 September 2026
- Research Assistant, Japan Gallery (24-month contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$47,507 – CA$54,294 / year · seen 17 September 2026
- Senior Conservator (18-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Conservation
CA$87,870 – CA$100,423 / year · seen 17 September 2026
- Conservator, Works on Paper
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada · Conservation
CA$77,932 – CA$97,388 / year · seen 10 September 2026
- Research Assistant - Provenance Studies, China (24-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$62,828 – CA$71,803 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Research Assistant - Provenance Studies, Ancient Greece & Rome (24-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$62,828 – CA$71,803 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Associate Curator, Photography
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$89,180 – CA$111,456 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Chief Curator
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$185,000 – CA$210,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Associate Curator, Contemporary Art
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$89,180 – CA$111,456 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Assistant Conservator, Paintings
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada · Conservation
CA$38 – CA$47 / hour · seen 15 August 2026
- Curator of Insects & Arachnids
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada · Curatorial
CA$78,047 – CA$122,654 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Gallery Activation Coordinator (18-month contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, ON, Canada · Production
CA$74,303 – CA$84,917 / year · seen 15 August 2026
Also by field and country
8 live roles in Canada right now.
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Cite this page
Samman, N. (2026). Museum & curatorial salaries in Canada. CuratorSearch. https://curatorsearch.com/salaries/canada (accessed 22 October 2026). DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22544232.
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