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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
All-time postings
1,438since 2011 · 185 months
−4% YoY2025 vs 2024
98
'22
35
'23
25
'24
24
'25
8
'26
All-time total
1,438185 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

21 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
75%
−21 ptsvs CA · 96%
Remote
0%
Hybrid
75%
Onsite-only
25%
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
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.

#01
Top SkillMachine Learning
5mentions 24%
Mentions · Last 12 Months
SEP '2531% of postingsAUG '26
Leaderboardlast 12 mo
01Machine Learning−24%5
02Python−58%4
03Angular3
04JavaScript−41%3
05Redis3
06Substack3
07UX/UI−18%3
08BigQuery2
09Bigtable2
10Go−31%2
Movers · 12-month change
What’s moving
Trending
  • 01Java+175%
  • 02Kubernetes+175%
  • 03TypeScript+175%
  • 04React+38%
Cooling
  • 01Python−58%
  • 02JavaScript−41%
  • 03Go−31%
  • 04Machine Learning−24%

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
Data Ml
over-indexed
23%
13%
+10 pts1.8×
Design
match
4%
4%
+0 pts1.1×
Engineering
match
58%
62%
−4 pts0.9×
Executive
match
4%
3%
+1 pts1.4×
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%
4%
−2 pts0.3×
Operations
match
4%
1%
+2 pts2.8×
Other
under-indexed
0%
4%
−4 pts0.0×
Product
match
6%
6%
+0 pts1.0×
Sales
under-indexed
0%
3%
−3 pts0.0×