Canada
Latest Average Wage
−0.3% · 5 years
$67,901
Country Comparison
Canada vs France
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Canada
vs
France
$67,9012025
Latest Average Wage
Canada +12.3%
(vs France)
$60,4832025
−0.3%2025
5-Year Wage Change
France +4.0 pts
(vs Canada)
+3.7%2025
+5.0%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Canada +3.3 pts
(vs France)
+1.7%2025
862024
Overall Price Level
Canada +15.6 index points
(vs France)
70.42024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
France
Latest Average Wage
+3.7% · 5 years
$60,483
Wage Milestones
Canada
10 Years Ago
$64,667 (2015)
Historical Peak
$68,434 (2021)
Latest Wage
$67,901 (2025)
France
10 Years Ago
$59,485 (2015)
Historical Peak
$61,289 (2019)
Latest Wage
$60,483 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Canada (CAN)France (FRA)
Overall
+15.6 index points
100
86vs70.4
Food
+14.6 index points
100
108vs93.4
Clothing
+31.9 index points
100
118vs86.1
Housing
+14.8 index points
100
83.1vs68.3
Health
+18.8 index points
100
62.2vs43.4
Transport
−11.0 index points
100
103vs114
Recreation
+9.8 index points
100
92vs82.2
Restaurants & Accommodation
+7.5 index points
100
97.6vs90.1
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Canada's latest average wage is $67,901 for 2025, about 12.3% higher than France's $60,483 for 2025 — a relative difference calculated from the two reported values. Per year, that works out to roughly $7,417 on the shared purchasing-power basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, France shows the stronger movement at +1.0%, against +0.2% for Canada. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +3.7% against −0.3%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Clothing shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 118 for Canada against 86.1 for France. Measured on the US=100 scale, the two readings for this category are 31.9 index points apart, Canada above France. The gap is stated in index points, which are not interchangeable with percentages.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Restaurants & Accommodation: Canada reads 97.6 and France 90.1 for 2024, just 7.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Recreation at 9.8 index points apart. Closeness here describes the index readings only, not the baskets behind them.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Canada holds a clear wage lead in this pairing: $67,901 for 2025, against France's $60,483 for 2025. The higher figure exceeds the lower one by 12.3% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $7,417 a year. No extra conversion is needed here: each figure is already a purchasing-power-adjusted annual amount in constant prices. For scale, neither series has moved by that much within any single reported year, so the gap is structural rather than the product of one unusual observation. Over ten years Canada recorded +5.0% and France +1.7%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction.
Wage Direction
The two wage series do not point the same way across the reported horizons. Canada stands just below its historical high of $68,434 in 2021, only 0.8% away, with a ten-year change of +5.0%. France stands just below its historical high of $61,289 in 2019, only 1.3% away, with a ten-year change of +1.7%. The five-year changes — −0.3% for Canada, +3.7% for France — resist a single-trend summary and are clearer read side by side. Each percentage is a real, PPP-adjusted change; nominal pay movements are outside what this dataset reports.
Price Profile
Canada's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 86, and France's reads 70.4, each measured against the United States reference of 100. One side of this pairing dominates the price profile: Canada sits higher in 7 of the 8 comparable categories. Clothing separates the two most: Canada reads 118 and France 86.1, 31.9 index points apart. The two sit closest in Restaurants & Accommodation (97.6 versus 90.1), only 7.5 index points apart. Counted against the US reference of 100, 3 of Canada's 8 reported categories sit above the line, against 1 of France's 8. These are index values for 2024, not currency amounts; categories without a reported value on either side are left out of the comparison.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
