Senior recruiting for Canadian scale-ups and operator businesses.
Uplyft Talent Canada is registered in Ontario and operates across Toronto, Waterloo-Kitchener, Ottawa, Montreal, and Vancouver. Technology is our flagship; we also run senior searches across finance (Bay Street and beyond), sales/GTM, marketing, operations, and executive leadership.
The Canada market, honestly.
Canadian senior hiring has distinct dynamics. Tech talent is deep around Toronto and Waterloo (AI, fintech, healthtech), Vancouver bends toward gaming and remote-first SaaS, Montreal concentrates ML research, Ottawa anchors federal-adjacent security. Beyond tech, Toronto holds the country's deepest bench in finance (Bay Street banking, insurance, asset management) and consumer brand leadership; Montreal anchors aerospace and CPG; Calgary brings energy-sector commercial leadership. Compensation bands lag U.S. numbers by 15–25% across most functions, which affects how we calibrate offers for Canadian employers competing with U.S. remote-first recruiters.
What you need to know about hiring here.
- Ontario recruiter license holder (required to operate as a placement agency in Ontario)
- Familiar with Canadian immigration pathways: Global Talent Stream, LMIA, Provincial Nominee Programs
- Works within Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA) and equivalents across provinces
- Candidate rights comply with BC Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act
- Cross-border placements into U.S. employers with remote Canadian workers handled routinely
- Deep finance network (Bay Street banking, insurance, asset management) in addition to tech bench
- Consumer brand, CPG, and retail executive networks in Toronto and Montreal
Top senior roles in Canada.
- Senior Backend Engineer
- ML / Research Engineer (Toronto, Montreal)
- Staff Engineer / Principal IC
- VP Engineering / CTO
- CFO / VP Finance (scale-up and post-IPO)
- VP Sales / CRO (B2B SaaS)
- CMO / VP Marketing (B2B + consumer brand)
- CHRO / Head of People
- General Counsel
Real salary bands.
- Senior Backend Engineer
- CAD $120K–$190K + equity
- Staff Engineer
- CAD $220K–$360K + equity
- ML Engineer
- CAD $140K–$240K + equity
- VP Engineering / CTO
- CAD $300K–$700K + meaningful equity
- CFO
- CAD $280K–$520K + equity
- VP Sales / CRO
- CAD $280K–$520K OTE + equity
- CMO
- CAD $240K–$440K + equity
Canada hiring — questions we hear.
Yes. Uplyft Talent Canada holds the recruiter license required under Ontario's Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act and operates in full compliance with the Employment Standards Act.
We don't provide legal advice, but we coordinate with your immigration counsel on Global Talent Stream, LMIA-exempt pathways, and PNP routes. Most senior tech roles we place into Canada use GTS, which has a consistent 2-week processing benchmark.
Yes. Cross-border placements are a core use case. Canadian employers hiring U.S. remote workers, and U.S. employers hiring remote Canadians, both benefit from a single recruiting partner that understands both markets.