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SG-PAT-08 salary

SG-PAT-08 (Scientific Regulation) pays $150,923 to $186,064 a year in 7 steps, at the rates in effect since October 1, 2025.

First step
$150,923
Top step
$186,064
Steps
7
In effect since
October 1, 2025

Rates in effect, October 1, 2025

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Scientific Regulation (SG) - Rates of pay for certain excluded and unrepresented groups and levels”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca.

StepAnnual rate
Step 1$150,923
Step 2$155,564
Step 3$161,622
Step 4$167,950
Step 5$173,835
Step 6$179,950
Step 7$186,064

Top step over time

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EffectiveTop step
Oct 2021$164,451
Oct 2022$172,335
Oct 2023$178,393
Oct 2024$182,416
Oct 2025$186,064

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.

EffectiveStep 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7
$) October 1, 2021133,392137,495142,849148,442153,643159,048164,451
A) October 1, 2022138,061142,307147,849153,637159,021164,615170,207
X) October 1, 2022 – Wage Adjustment139,787144,086149,697155,557161,009166,673172,335
B) October 1, 2023143,981148,409154,188160,224165,839171,673177,505
Y) October 1, 2023 – Pay Line Adjustment144,701149,151154,959161,025166,668172,531178,393
C) October 1, 2024147,595152,134158,058164,246170,001175,982181,961
Z) October 1, 2024 – Wage Adjustment147,964152,514158,453164,657170,426176,422182,416
D) October 1, 2025150,923155,564161,622167,950173,835179,950186,064

Rates of pay will be adjusted within 180 days of signature of the Applied Science and Patent Examination (SP) collective agreement. Changes to rates of pay with an effective date prior to the salary adjustment date will be paid according to Appendix L, as a lump-sum payment. In particular: Year 1 (2022) increases (that is, “A” and “X”): paid as a retroactive lump-sum payment equal to a 3.5% economic increase and a 1.25% wage adjustment, for a compounded total increase of 4.794% of October 1, 2021, rates. Year 2 (2023) increases (that is, “B” and “Y”): paid as a retroactive lump-sum payment equal to the year 1 increases plus a 3.0% economic increase and a 0.5% pay line adjustment, for a compounded total increase of 8.477% of October 1, 2021, rates.

Questions and answers

How much does an SG-PAT-08 make?

$150,923 to $186,064 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 SG-PAT-08 pay last change?

October 1, 2025.

Where do these rates come from?

Source: the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s collective agreement “Scientific Regulation (SG) - Rates of pay for certain excluded and unrepresented groups and levels”, Appendix A, a copy of the version available at canada.ca. Copies, not the official version.