Updated June 2026 · Ottawa, Ontario · Canada
Backend Developer salary in Ottawa.
A Backend Developer in Ottawa, Ontario earns a median of CA$104,541 per year in base salary.
Base salary, annual, in CAD. Reconciled from ESDC Open Government wages, NOC 2021 coded. Sample sizes are structural placeholders. ESDC does not publish per-cell counts.
How this number is built.
The Ottawa figure for Backend Developer resolves through Statistics Canada Economic Region 3510. ESDC's Open Government wages dataset publishes per-occupation estimates at the Economic Region level; Orbyt maps the role to its NOC 2021 occupation code and reconciles the wage values into a single base-salary distribution. Every figure carries an as_of date and traces back to the source via the methodology paper.
Values are gross base salary in Canadian dollars. Provincial income tax in Ontariois the consumer's calculation; Orbyt does not bake it into the reconciled number. The API also returns a USD-normalized value via the Bank of Canada FX rate for cross-country comparison.
Common questions.
How much does a Backend Developer earn in Ottawa?
The median base salary for a Backend Developer in Ottawa, Ontario is CA$104,541 per year, with a typical range of CA$69,992 to CA$169,000.
What is the salary range for a Backend Developer in Ottawa?
CA$69,992 at the 10th percentile to CA$169,000 at the 90th, with a CA$104,541 median. Gross base salary, annual.
Where does this Ottawa salary data come from?
It is reconciled from ESDC Open Government wages, mapped to the role's NOC 2021 occupation code for Ottawa via Statistics Canada Economic Region 3510.
Is this gross or net pay?
Gross base salary before tax, in CAD. Provincial and federal income tax in Ontario is not included; that calculation is yours.