Logistics coordinator: pay in Quebec and Greater Montreal
A logistics coordinator plans and tracks the movement of materials, parts and finished goods between suppliers, production, the warehouse and carriers. Around Montreal, the work sits mostly in transportation and warehousing, in wholesale trade and on the plant floor. This page covers the duties, the hours, the training Quebec recognizes, and wages by region.
- Quebec median
- $29.31/h
- Range
- $22.50 – $50.48/h
- Montreal
- $29.31/h
Guichet-Emplois (Job Bank), edition 2025 · CNP 13201
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Logistics coordinator pay, region by region
| Region | Low | Median | High | vs Quebec | Offered in postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Quebec | $22.50 | $29.31 | $50.48 | — | — |
| Montérégie | $22 | $28.85 | $44.75 | −2% | $26.49 (21) |
| Montréal | $22.50 | $29.31 | $54.95 | 0% | $32.75 (26) |
| Laval | No data of its own: Job Bank shows the Quebec figures | — (6) | |||
| Lanaudière | $22.68 | $30.54 | $42.34 | +4% | — (4) |
| Laurentides | $22.21 | $30.38 | $42.43 | +4% | — (6) |
The table covers NOC 13201, “Production and transportation logistics coordinators”. It pools two different jobs: the person who schedules production in a plant and the person who tracks shipments, carriers and customs paperwork. A warehouse logistics coordinator is therefore not measured on their own. Laval has no figure of its own for this occupation, so that cell stays empty.
Low, median and high wages published by Job Bank (NOC 13201), and pay offered in Greater Montreal job postings (6 months, February to August 2026); in brackets, the number of hourly postings — under ten, no median is shown.
Quebec median by file edition: 2023: $27/h · 2024: $29.32/h · 2025: $29.31/h.
What the job postings say
Of 118 postings on Job Bank in Greater Montreal (6 months, February to August 2026), 4% mention a night shift, 10% an evening shift and 12% weekends.
Coordinators mostly work days, Monday to Friday, but the schedule follows the docks and the lines they serve. Job Bank notes that a work week in this occupation generally runs past forty hours. When the plant runs two or three shifts, the day starts before the first shift so orders are released, and ends after the last carrier pickup. Inventory closes, month ends and one late inbound stretch the day more than the calendar suggests. Some sites hand evenings and nights to a dispatcher; others simply keep the coordinator reachable by phone. That availability is worth naming before the interview, not once an offer is on the table.
What a logistics coordinator does
- Plan and organize the site's logistics operations, from inbound materials to outbound shipments
- Build the production schedule with the supervisor, at the best cost and within the required lead times
- Coordinate activity between the warehouse and the production areas so the line never runs dry
- Keep inventory of the materials and parts production needs and trigger replenishment
- Write and maintain reports on work progress, material usage and production rates
- Monitor the movement of goods and make sure shipments and receipts land on schedule
- Prepare and process customs documentation for cross-border shipments
- Book carriers, compare transport modes and set dock appointments with shipping and receiving
- Enter orders and stock moves in the ERP or warehouse management system, then chase the discrepancies
- Warn production, customer service and the carrier as soon as a delay changes the sequence
Requirements, cards and certifications
- A postsecondary diploma of under two years in business or supply chain management, or extensive experience as a dispatcher, production clerk or scheduling clerk — the employment requirements the National Occupational Classification attaches to group 13201
- Real fluency in an ERP or warehouse management system and in a spreadsheet: that is where the day is spent
- A transportation of dangerous goods training certificate when the site offers such goods for transport: Part 6 of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations requires it of anyone who handles, offers for transport or transports them
- Working knowledge of shipping paperwork and customs documentation for international freight
- Functional French and English as soon as carriers and customers cross the border
- WHMIS training (SIMDUT in French) where the site stores or handles hazardous products
- The ability to hold a sequence, and defend it, when production, shipping and the customer all claim priority at once
Training
No professional order governs the role in Quebec. For group 13201, the National Occupational Classification asks for a postsecondary diploma of under two years in business or supply chain management, or extensive experience as a dispatcher, production clerk or scheduling clerk. On the program side, Inforoute FPT lists the AEC Logistique du transport (LCA.DS), a college attestation offered at Cégep André-Laurendeau, Champlain Regional College in Saint-Lambert and Collège Lionel Groulx; at Lionel Groulx it runs 1,200 hours, including a 180-hour internship. The same directory lists the AEC Spécialiste à la répartition en transport et logistique at Cégep André-Laurendeau for those aiming at dispatch, and the DEC Gestion des opérations et de la chaîne logistique (410.A1), a 2,445-hour college diploma offered locally at Cégep André-Laurendeau and Collège Lionel Groulx. The dangerous goods certificate is different: the employer issues it once the training is given, not a school.
Career path
Québec.ca states that experience opens the door to supervisory roles, without naming a title. The National Occupational Classification places that supervision in a separate group, 12013, “Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations”. Other moves go sideways rather than up: production planning, purchasing and procurement, international transport and customs brokerage. Coordinators who stay tend to become the person who trains newcomers on the in-house ERP and who rebuilds the sequence whenever a rush order lands.
Frequently asked questions
What is a logistics coordinator?
A logistics coordinator organizes the movement of materials and goods between suppliers, production, the warehouse and carriers. They plan, they schedule, they chase lead times and they rebuild the sequence when an inbound shipment fails to land. In Quebec the French title is coordonnateur logistique, and coordinateur logistique shows up just as often in postings.
What does a logistics coordinator do all day?
Plan logistics operations, build the production schedule with the supervisor, coordinate the warehouse and the production areas, keep inventory of the materials production needs, book carriers, prepare customs paperwork for cross-border freight and write the progress reports. The full duty list sits higher on this page, drawn from the NOC and Job Bank.
How much does a logistics coordinator make in Quebec?
The table above gives the Quebec median and the median for each Greater Montreal region, drawn from Job Bank data. One caveat matters here: Laval has no figure of its own for this occupation, so the cell stays empty rather than repeating the provincial median. Montreal, the Montérégie, Lanaudière and the Laurentides all have their own.
What does the wage table actually measure?
NOC 13201, which pools production logistics coordinators with transportation logistics coordinators. A plant scheduler and an export coordinator sit in the same figure even though they do different work. That is why the low and the high end of the range are far apart, and why the note under the table spells out the pooling.
What education do you need to be a logistics coordinator in Quebec?
A postsecondary diploma of under two years in business or supply chain management, or extensive experience as a dispatcher, production clerk or scheduling clerk. Inforoute FPT lists the AEC Logistique du transport and the DEC Gestion des opérations et de la chaîne logistique (410.A1) at colleges in the Montreal region, both taught in French.
Can you become a logistics coordinator with no experience?
Rarely in one step, because the National Occupational Classification accepts experience instead of the diploma, not the absence of both. The usual route runs through dispatch, production clerk, scheduling clerk or shipping and receiving. The AEC Logistique du transport includes an internship, which counts as a first recognized stretch of experience.
What is the difference between a logistics coordinator and a dispatcher?
A dispatcher assigns resources in real time — a truck, a driver, a dock door — while a coordinator builds the plan that has to hold for the week and negotiates it with production and the carriers. Job Bank lists logistics dispatcher among the job titles in the same group, NOC 13201, and on small teams it is one person doing both.
Is a logistics coordinator the same as a shipper-receiver?
No. A shipper-receiver handles what crosses the dock today: verify, weigh, label, document. A coordinator decides what should cross it and when. The National Occupational Classification separates them cleanly — shippers and receivers are NOC 14400, a different group from 13201 — so the two wage tables on this site are not comparable row by row.
Do you need TDG certification to ship dangerous goods?
Yes. Part 6 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations requires anyone who handles, offers for transport or transports dangerous goods to have adequate training and a certificate, or to work under the direct supervision of someone who does. The employer issues the certificate, valid thirty-six months for road, rail and marine.
Do logistics coordinators work nights?
Usually days, Monday to Friday, but the hours follow the docks. Job Bank notes that a week in this occupation generally runs past forty hours. When the plant runs several shifts the day stretches at both ends, and some sites keep the coordinator reachable in the evening rather than staffing the role on site.
Is a logistics coordinator the same as a production scheduler?
They share a group. The National Occupational Classification puts production scheduler, supply chain coordinator and logistics dispatcher among the job titles of NOC 13201. What separates them in practice is what they coordinate: a scheduler sequences the plant, a transportation coordinator sequences carriers, customs paperwork and delivery dates.
Which industries hire logistics coordinators around Montreal?
Québec.ca puts transportation and warehousing at the top for this occupation, ahead of wholesale trade and retail trade, with manufacturing sectors such as aerospace parts also represented. In Greater Montreal that means the distribution parks, the freight forwarders near the airport and the plants of the South Shore and the North Shore. This page describes the occupation; it does not advertise an open role.
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