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CCQ labour costs · Price in Quebec

Heavy equipment operator

Code heavy_operator

Typical rate in Quebec

$54.31per hour

Observed range $43.08 to $65.54

2 observations in $/h, Apr 2026 · before taxes

BPublished

A published or listed price, or an official rate, under 12 months old.

Spread between observations

Every comparable observation dates from Apr 2026: no time series yet. Each bar is one observation, in $/h.

  • All of Quebec
    $43.08
  • All of Quebec
    $65.54
ObservationsDashed outline: estimate.

The same values are in the observations table.

Observations

Every observation used, newest first. Prices are the source's, before taxes unless stated.

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  • ACQ
    CCQ residential light: heavy equipment operator class A, base hourly wage (annexe R)
    $43.08/h
    2026-04-26All of QuebecGovernmentTax incl. : No
    Official rate
  • ACQ
    CCQ residential light: heavy equipment operator class A, total hourly labour cost (wage + 13% vacation/holidays + all employer contributions + CNESST)
    $65.54/h
    2026-04-26All of QuebecGovernmentTax incl. : No
    Official rate

By region

Number of observations made in each administrative region. Other regions use the province-wide value.

  • 2 observations valid across Quebec

No local observation (province-wide value):

Bas-Saint-Laurent · Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean · Capitale-Nationale · Mauricie · Estrie · Montreal · Outaouais · Abitibi-Témiscamingue · Côte-Nord · Nord-du-Québec · Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine · Chaudière-Appalaches · Laval · Lanaudière · Laurentides · Montérégie · Centre-du-Québec

Where this price is used

Every estimate: the labour cost of each task comes from these rates.

Engine reference rows built from these observations

  • 2 labour rates

Parameters taken from these observations

  • CCQ, residential light, heavy equipment operator A, total hourly cost
    ccq.res_light.heavy_operator_a.total_cost_h

How we compute

  • The typical price is the median of the typical values of comparable observations, in the same unit. A 10 t load and a 5 t load are never mixed, unless the source lets us bring them back to a price per tonne.
  • Low and high are the lowest and highest observed prices: the range shows the real spread between suppliers. It is not a probability.
  • For a region, we keep observations made in the region, in the market zones that contain it, and prices valid across Quebec. With no local observation at all, the province-wide value is shown and the grade drops one step.
  • Observations older than 12 months stay visible, but they lower the confidence grade. No index adjustment is applied yet: the original price and its date are shown as they are.
  • Values are before taxes. Contractor prices are never published one by one.
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