Postdocs (Bioinformatics/NGS data science) from university of Toronto get Salary or stipend I am bit puzzled, regarding the payment made to postdocs in Canada. I am a PhD and in my first postdoc (Europe). For my next assignment, I am in my final stages of negotiating a position of postdoc at University of Toronto. I looked over some advertisements for the position that said the salary will range from 60k to 80k. 

My first question is:


In general the postdocs associated with UHN are awarded salary or stipend?
How much salary can I expect as this is my second postdoc (I need to run a family of 4, in Toronto)?


I know from my past experience that salaries can be negotiated, depending upon the need of hiring PI and your eagerness to join the team.

Could anyone provide me with inputs.

Many thank's in advance.
Postdocs at the University of Toronto are employees.  Postdoctoral research fellows are unionised as part of CUPE 3902 Unit 5.  Although some agencies would like to treat postdocs as trainees, they are not.

The salaries at the University of Toronto for postdocs vary enormously, from less than $35k/year (in humanities) to over $70k/year (in computer science).  There is no general salary scale.