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FO-01 salary

FO-01 (Forestry Group) pays $70,393 to $100,276 a year in 12 steps, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025.

First step
$70,393
Top step
$100,276
Steps
12
In effect since
October 1, 2025

Rates in effect, October 1, 2025

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Applied Science and Patent Examination (SP)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca.

StepAnnual rate
Range/Step 1 table FO note *39,565 to 67,184
Step 2$70,393
Step 3$72,569
Step 4$75,091
Step 5$77,635
Step 6$81,764
Step 7$84,773
Step 8$87,764
Step 9$90,749
Step 10$93,742
Step 11$96,735
Step 12$100,276

Top step over time

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EffectiveTop step
Oct 2021$88,629
Oct 2022$92,878
Oct 2023$96,142
Oct 2024$98,310
Oct 2025$100,276

Every rate in the agreement

As published, in the order the agreement lists them; a code such as A) or X) is the agreement’s own.

EffectiveRange/Step 1 table FO note *Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8Step 9Step 10Step 11Step 12
$) October 1, 202134,969 to 59,38262,21664,14066,36868,61772,26774,92777,56880,20882,85385,49988,629
A) October 1, 202236,193 to 61,46064,39466,38568,69171,01974,79677,54980,28383,01585,75388,49191,731
X) October 1, 2022 – Wage adjustment36,645 to 62,22865,19967,21569,55071,90775,73178,51881,28784,05386,82589,59792,878
B) October 1, 202337,744 to 64,09567,15569,23171,63774,06478,00380,87483,72686,57589,43092,28595,664
Y) October 1, 2023 – Pay line adjustment37,933 to 64,41567,49169,57771,99574,43478,39381,27884,14587,00889,87792,74696,142
C) October 1, 202438,692 to 65,70368,84170,96973,43575,92379,96182,90485,82888,74891,67594,60198,065
Z) October 1, 2024 – Wage adjustment38,789 to 65,86769,01371,14673,61976,11380,16183,11186,04388,97091,90494,83898,310
D) October 1, 202539,565 to 67,18470,39372,56975,09177,63581,76484,77387,76490,74993,74296,735100,276

Other levels: FO: Forestry Group

Questions and answers

How much does an FO-01 make?

$70,393 to $100,276 a year, from the first step to the top one, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025. Pay rises a step at a time within the level; overtime, allowances and acting pay are not in these figures.

When did FO-01 pay last change?

October 1, 2025.

Where do these rates come from?

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Applied Science and Patent Examination (SP)”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca. Copies, not the official version.