Canada PE Comp

Anyone have data points to share? Montreal vs. Toronto? CDPQ, PSP, Novacap, TorQuest, etc… currently in a corp dev / M&A role. 1.5 years out of school,trying to get a sense of market comp.

Current comp: $115k CAD base, 35% bonus

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ignore title -- 110 plus 35% is pretty decent for a second year corp dev role in canada. Aso1 at MM PEs in Toronto are around 210-230k depending on shop, pensions (CPP, Teachers, OMERS) from what I heard are higher at around 250. 

 

ASO1 at one of the MM infra PE shops in Toronto.

$110k Base + ~100% bonus target

 

in line with my shop but higher base and lower bonus target, guessing this is either northleaf or dif?

 

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