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Canada · Core Public Administration + Statutory Tiers · FY 2026

CAF-CAPT Classification Salary

Captain / Lieutenant (Navy) — standard pay schedule (Pilots / Legal / Medical-Dental on separate specialist schedules). Source: DND CAF Regular Force pay schedule, effective April 1, 2025.

2026 salary range
$106,332$140,544
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepPhase / PadrãoAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$106,332$8,861$51
2Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$110,352$9,196$53
3Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$114,408$9,534$55
4Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$118,440$9,870$57
5Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$122,364$10,197$59
6Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$126,156$10,513$61
7Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$129,900$10,825$62
8Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$133,764$11,147$64
9Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$136,008$11,334$65
10Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$138,252$11,521$66
11Captain / Lieutenant (Navy)$140,544$11,712$68
Hourly computed assuming 2,080 annual working hours. Actual hourly rates on official tables may differ slightly.

Beyond base: annual adjustments

Base tables understate real take-home. Canada federal employees receive the following annual adjustments on top of the CAF-CAPT base shown above.

Conditional adjustmentFormulaIf applied (min)If applied (max)
Bilingual bonus
CA$800/year for employees in bilingual-imperative positions who maintain required French/English proficiency. Not automatic — role-dependent.
$800 flat+$800+$800

Frequently asked

How much does a CAF-CAPT make in the Canada federal government?

A CAF-CAPT in the Canada federal civil service earns between $106,332 and $140,544 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the CAF-CAPT classification the same in every agency?

The base pay scale is set centrally by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and applied uniformly across eligible federal employers, but agency-specific supplements, locality pay, and bargaining agreements can produce meaningful differences in take-home pay.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) at https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pubs_pol/hrpubs/coll_agre/. Each page on FedSalary carries the retrieval date and a link back to the primary source.

Source: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) · Last verified 2026-04-23. · Verified by AUTO-FETCH on 2026-04-23.