At a glance
Pay shows the low (10th percentile) to high (90th percentile) Canada-wide wages for Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations, from Job Bank (2023–2024), as yearly amounts for full-time work. Pay varies by province, city and experience. See wages in your area on Job Bank
What you'll do
- Plan and run campaigns across paid and owned channels
- Design and analyze experiments on ads, pages and emails
- Track funnel metrics and customer acquisition costs
- Improve landing pages and sign-up flows
- Report results and recommend where to invest
How to get there
- Learn digital channels through a marketing program, online courses or hands-on projects.
- Get certified in Google Ads and Google Analytics; both are free.
- Run real campaigns, even small ones for a local business or non-profit, and measure results.
Commercial emails and texts in Canada must follow Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), including consent, sender identification and a working unsubscribe.
Your bilingual advantage
Speaking two languages makes you stand out in Growth Marketer jobs. Here's where it helps most and how to prove it.
Where bilingual skills are in demand
- Quebec, where French is the language of work and English or other languages often help with clients outside the province
- New Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual province
- Ottawa–Gatineau and the federal public service, where many positions are designated bilingual
- National companies serving customers across Canada, and employers serving newcomer communities in other languages
Prove your level
Employers trust a recognized result more than "fluent". For French, common tests include the DELF and DALF diplomas and the TEF and TCF tests. Federal public service jobs use their own Second Language Evaluation (levels A, B and C). Describe your level for speaking, reading and writing separately.
Expect part of the interview in each language
Bilingual employers often switch languages during the interview or give a short written task. Practise answering the questions on this page in both languages.
What employers look for
Usually required
- 3+ years in digital or growth marketing
- Hands-on experience with Google Ads and Meta or LinkedIn ads
- Strong analytics skills, including Google Analytics
- Comfort with spreadsheets and A/B testing
- Knowledge of Canada's anti-spam legislation (CASL) for email
Gives you an edge
- SQL or data analysis experience
- Marketing automation tools such as HubSpot
How to stand out
Show numbers: cost per lead, conversion rates and growth.
Describe experiments you ran and what you learned.
Know Canada's anti-spam law (CASL) for email marketing.
See a full Bilingual Growth Marketer résumé example, or get our Bilingual Resume Template.
Interview questions to prepare for
Employers hiring for this job often ask questions like these. Prepare a short, specific example for each.
- Tell me about an experiment that changed your strategy.
- How would you spend our first month's budget?
- How do you decide when to stop a campaign?
- Walk me through how you measure customer acquisition cost.
- How do you make sure email marketing follows CASL?
Where it can lead
Your rights and tips as a job seeker in Canada
Know the pay before you apply
In British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, public job postings must include the pay or pay range. In Ontario, so must postings from employers with 25 or more employees made since January 1, 2026. Use the pay on this page to judge whether an offer is fair.
New to Canada?
In Ontario, employers with 25 or more employees can't ask for Canadian experience in a job posting or application form. For regulated jobs, such as engineering, teaching or a skilled trade, contact the provincial regulator early to have your credentials assessed.
You're protected from discrimination
Human rights laws mean employers can't make hiring decisions based on your age, sex, gender identity, race, religion, disability, or family or marital status. You can ask for accommodation during the hiring process, for example for an interview.
Hear back after interviews
In Ontario, employers with 25 or more employees must tell you within 45 days of your last interview whether a hiring decision has been made for a publicly advertised job.
Never pay to get a job
Real employers don't charge you to apply, to be trained or to be hired, and they don't ask for banking details before an offer. Only share your Social Insurance Number (SIN) after you're hired. Stay safe from job scams
Starting out young?
Each province sets its own minimum working age and limits on hours for young workers. See the rules by province
General information, checked on October 3, 2026. It isn't legal advice; rules depend on your province or territory.
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