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Canada · Core Public Administration + Statutory Tiers · FY 2026

GIC-EX-1 Classification Salary

EX-1 — Director level (GIC appointment). Max performance award: 15.00%. Source: Privy Council Office GIC salary ranges FY 2025-26.

2026 salary range
$137,524$161,773
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepPhase / PadrãoAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1EX-1$137,524$11,460$66
2EX-1$161,773$13,481$78
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 GIC-EX-1 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 GIC-EX-1 make in the Canada federal government?

A GIC-EX-1 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $137,524 and $161,773 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the GIC-EX-1 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.