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Montreal

Montreal hiring activity from Hacker News "Who's Hiring" threads. Located in Quebec.

Postings · Jun 2026+500%3-mo momentum
2
postings
this month
12-Mo Trend · 3-mo rollingJul '25 Jun '26
0 low3-mo avg · 13 high
Rank · CA
#3of 5 CA cities
Remote-friendly · This month
100%+3 pts vs CA
Share of CA postings
8.3%2 of 84
3-Mo momentum
Rising+500% 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
All-time postings
1,437since 2011 · 183 months
−4% YoY2025 vs 2024
98
'22
35
'23
25
'24
24
'25
7
'26
All-time total
1,437183 months
↑ Best year
2019253
↓ Worst full year
201216
Latest full year
2025−4% YoY
§ 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

17 points less remote-friendly than the Canada baseline.

Trailing-12-month split, plus the yearly remote / hybrid / onsite mix all the way back.

Remote-friendly · Trailing 12 months
79%
−17 ptsvs CA · 96%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
79%
Onsite-only
21%
Work-model mix · by year
Remote share is climbing back in '25
RemoteHybridOnsite
'11
77% rem.
'12
50% rem.
'13
94% rem.
'14
73% rem.
'15
31% rem.
'16
60% rem.
'17
22% rem.
'18
34% rem.
'19
50% rem.
'20
66% rem.
'21
95% rem.
'22
99% rem.
'23
97% rem.
'24
92% rem.
'25
96% rem.
Trailing 12 months · Montreal vs CA
Montreal79% remote-friendly
CA average96% remote-friendly
§ 03City Signature

Python tops Montreal's skill mentions over the last 12 months.

Keywords counted across 19 Montreal hiring posts. Posts frequently list multiple skills.

#01
Top SkillPython
7mentions 18%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
JUL '2537% of postingsJUN '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Python−18%7
02Go6
03Machine Learning−42%5
04JavaScript−55%3
05Substack3
06UX/UI−37%3
07Angular2
08BigQuery2
09Bigtable2
10Google Cloud2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Java+111%
  • 02Kubernetes+111%
  • 03TypeScript+111%
  • 04React+5%
Cooling
  • 01JavaScript−55%
  • 02Machine Learning−42%
  • 03UX/UI−37%
  • 04Python−18%

79% of jobs include at least one technical skill · share of postings mentioning the skill (12 months through Jun 2026)

Role mix · Montreal vs CAShare of postings by role category, past 3 years
MontrealCA baseline
Data Ml
over-indexed
23%
13%
+10 pts1.7×
Design
match
4%
3%
+0 pts1.1×
Engineering
match
59%
63%
−5 pts0.9×
Executive
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.3×
Finance Accounting
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Healthcare
match
0%
0%
0 pts0.0×
Legal Compliance
match
0%
0%
−0 pts0.0×
Marketing
match
1%
3%
−2 pts0.4×
Operations
match
4%
1%
+3 pts3.3×
Other
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×
Product
match
6%
6%
+0 pts1.0×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×