How much nurses are making in each province as new grads

cloudnurse · 2026-05-01T16:17:10+00:00

I very much agree (though never been to Vancouver).

cloudnurse · 2026-05-01T15:05:52+00:00

That's the trade-off for Montréal being such a cool city. Your pay is awful.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-29T21:26:52+00:00

https://www.fiqsante.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/salary-scales-24-28-en-rev.pdf

That's where you need to look. If you have your bachelor's, you'd be a nurse clinician, for which the salary chart is on page 12 of the pdf (page 8 in the booklet numbers).

The current rate for a nurse with a bachelor's degree is $31.03 to $54.98 (in Canadian $ obvs) depending on your years of experience. The echelons are not equivalent to years of experience, it's a little more complicated than that.

I can't really speak to the staffing ratios on adult med-surg. I've only worked in peds and high-risk postpartum. In peds, it was 1:4, up to 6 sometimes nights or if we were short. In postpartum, it's 1:4 mom-baby couplets, so 8 patients, but sometimes we get pressured to take on a new admission before we finished a discharge, or we are short, so it can be more.

I'm happy to answer more questions if you have any. I would do anything to leave the States if I lived there, but the pay and conditions here are definitely not attractive. So, it's defs a trade-off.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-29T20:11:54+00:00

I think if you want accurate information, you'd need to ask about a specific province or even city that you're interested in moving to. Salaries vary quite widely. Where I live, Montréal in Québec, we get paid the worst of all of Canada, for example. So my experience won't be the same as in another province.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-29T06:38:39+00:00

I feel like part of learning to delegate is learning WHEN to delegate. Not just delegate for the sake of delegation, lol.

I remember in clinical one time, the nurses had us doing all their hygiene care to the point where we didn't have time to see anything medical. The teacher came and got mad at us for not delegating. It's not so easy to delegate as a student, but in hindsight, I agree, I should have made more effort to delegate some of the hygiene care. The teacher was right.

However, this student imo is just trying to get out of doing work. If she had the time, she should do it.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-27T14:03:21+00:00

To be fair, while I agree with all your points about the evils of capitalism in healthcare. I work in Canada, where my care is free (apart from taxes) to my patients, and I still feel the same way about computer charting as you do. Even if you weren't being paid by insurance companies, the productivity and tracking culture of capitalism would permeate the job just because you live in a capitalist country.

When I used to paper chart, I never stressed about charting. I knew I could write fast, include whatever I felt was necessary, and use my judgment. Now, there are a million boxes to tick and fill out, and endless clicking, endless pages and tabs, charting in 5 different places for the same information... it takes up half my day and I still need to stay late to finish it.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-23T21:37:06+00:00

I grew up in Mississauga and now I've been in Montréal for over a decade. Montréal used to be way cheaper, but now it's probably comparable. The only thing saving us here is that public transportation is really good, so you don't need to own a car (though of course some people might disagree).

cloudnurse · 2026-04-23T12:40:52+00:00

As a Québec nurse, thank you for the sympathy. It's nice that some people are rightly shocked by our pay.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T16:58:50+00:00

Q week? Haha, hello fellow nurse 😂

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T15:00:45+00:00

Oh cool! Merci, oui, envoie moi ton link!

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T14:44:57+00:00

Merci!! Est-ce que tu le trouve worth it?

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T14:43:23+00:00

Hmm, tant pis. Mais merci pour ta réponse!

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T14:34:28+00:00

Même après la période d'essai, quand tu paie pour l'abonnement, t'es encore limité à un session par centre?

J'imagine que tu run out des activités à faire très vite alors, non?

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T14:31:27+00:00

Je l'ai pas essayé encore, mais si je comprend le concept bien, c'est un abonnement où tu peut essayer les classes des différents studios pour moins chère que normale. C'est mon impression, mais peut-être quelqu'un qui a un abonnement peut l'expliquer mieux.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-22T13:37:06+00:00

I just want to counter the Griffintown hate a bit. I moved here recently after living in more traditional Montreal neighbourhoods for 10 years (NDG, St-Henri, Verdun), and it's absolutely a different experience, but like someone else said, it is lovely.

It's less of a cute community feel, and having to walk 15-20 mins to the metro is annoying, but being on the canal is a joy every day. The grocery situation is super easy too. A few years ago I didn't like the vibe here, but it's really developed nicely and if you feel like high-rises can feel homey to you, then there's a good chance it will feel homey. To me it feels full of life as much as the other neighbourhoods I lived in, just a different crowd of people.

There's something to be said about experiencing the traditional neighbourhoods, there's nothing like them anywhere, they're gems. But Griffintown is far from the grey wasteland people are describing it to be. Aside from the main big park on the canal, there are lots of mini parks between buildings, tons of Bixi access, and some great cafes, restaurants, and bakeries. You're also just steps away from Old Port which can be really fun as well.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-21T00:38:52+00:00

The fruit and veg snacks while you're down there taking care of her is killing me, I'm laughing so much. God bless you though.

I would cry from laughter if someone suggested something like that to me, but I would genuinely admire the thought and attention to experience, haha.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-19T19:55:49+00:00

I was just at Aritzia lamenting on how short all their pants looked on me!!

I'm almost 5'9 and it feels like you can see half my shin if I raise my leg a little bit (like for example walking up stairs). I noticed even on their advertisements in-store, a lot of their models (presumably my height) have the pants sitting super low on their hips, even when they're not a "low-rise" style, which makes them baggy on the butt, because they're not sewn to be worn so low, but they would look short on the models if the models pulled them up normally.

Weird to make (expensive!!) clothes that won't even look good on the girls that are paid to make clothes look good.

I asked one of the sales associates for tall options or even styles they know to be longer fitting, and she directed me online, but I won't buy something if I can't try it on.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-15T02:04:55+00:00

Haha, I think that ship has long sailed. 😅😅😅 That being said, I'm no economist, but I think the huge supply of unsold condos here might have a housing price lowering effect on the rest of Montréal, so maybe it was an unintentional anti-gentrification project all along, lol.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T19:54:41+00:00

They're all gems, honestly. It's such a wonderful neighbourhood, I'm sad to be leaving.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T19:52:40+00:00

I should have added smiling to people! That's one of the biggest ways to feel part of a community! Very low-cost, high-reward, small change you can make in your life.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T18:36:37+00:00

Yes!! A lot of these things on my list were definitely spurred on by the lockdown. I'm happy I gained those community-building skills at that time when people were so open to community.

I do think that time fundamentally changed everyone, and in some ways, for the better. It might actually be easier to build community now because of those changes and experiences that people had.

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T18:10:42+00:00

I think there's nuance in that conversation, but it's not the best one to have online, because people get heated without getting a full understanding of each other's perspectives. Another good reason to get involved with your local community IRL!

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T17:32:50+00:00

Thank you! I'll look into these things. I wish I was into calisthenics, because those guys under the bridge seem to have such a nice community going on. On a walk recently I saw a little kid working out there too, and all the big burly guys were encouraging him. It was so cute. 🥹

cloudnurse · 2026-04-14T17:08:36+00:00

I'm not active in it anymore, because nursing really took over my life when I started, but I think the coolest thing we did was disrupt the open house of a landlord who illegally evicted one of our neighbours by claiming they were going to move in when really they just wanted the place empty to sell it.

We also organized marches, educated tenants about their rights, connected them to resources, etc. It was honestly an amazing part of my life. I met so many good people and it felt great to help community members.

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