City ProfileMontreal · Quebec · CA
Montreal
Montreal hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Quebec.
Postings · Aug 2026−25%3-mo momentum
1
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingSep '25 → Aug '26
0 low3-mo avg · 13 high
Rank · CA
#2of 5 CA cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%0 pts vs CA
Share of CA postings
14.3%1 of 45
3-Mo momentum
Falling−25% vs prior 3 mo
§ 00Hiring Volume
Pulling back alongside the Canada baseline.
Annual totals for the last five years — every year shown is complete except 2026, hatched because it is still in progress.
Full yearPartial yearAll-time peak
§ 01Compensation
Not enough disclosed pay yet.
Too few Montreal postings disclosed USD pay across 2023–Present to chart compensation bands.
No postings disclosed pay
Compensation bands appear once a seniority level clears the reporting floor. Check back as Montreal accumulates more disclosed-pay postings.
§ 02Work Model
21 points less remote-friendly than the Canada baseline.
Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'1177% rem.
'1250% rem.
'1394% rem.
'1473% rem.
'1531% rem.
'1660% rem.
'1722% rem.
'1834% rem.
'1950% rem.
'2066% rem.
'2195% rem.
'2299% rem.
'2397% rem.
'2492% rem.
'2596% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Montreal vs CA
Montreal75% remote-friendly
CA average96% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature
Machine Learning tops Montreal's skill mentions over the last 12 months.
Keywords counted across 16 Montreal hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.
75% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Aug 2026)
Role mix · Montreal vs CAShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MontrealCA baseline