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Canada · Core Public Administration + Statutory Tiers · FY 2026

GIC-GCQ-1 Classification Salary

GCQ-1 — tribunal member. Quasi-judicial role — no performance pay. Source: Privy Council Office GIC salary ranges FY 2025-26.

2026 salary range
$105,500$124,100
Annual base in CAD (C$). Excludes locality pay, allowances, and performance bonuses.

Step-by-step pay table

StepPhase / PadrãoAnnualMonthly (approx)Hourly (approx)
1GCQ-1$105,500$8,792$51
2GCQ-1$124,100$10,342$60
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-GCQ-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-GCQ-1 make in the Canada federal government?

A GIC-GCQ-1 in the Canada federal civil service earns between $105,500 and $124,100 per year in 2026, before locality adjustments, allowances, and bonuses. These figures are published by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS).

Is the GIC-GCQ-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.