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Environment Artist Jobs in Toronto
Find environment artist jobs in Toronto from the world's top game studios. Ubisoft Toronto, Behaviour Interactive, Digital Extremes, and more Toronto studios hire environment artists across all levels. Salaries in CAD. Updated daily.
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Environment Artist Roles in Toronto
We curate environment artist positions from game studios across Toronto and the greater Ontario region.
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Junior Environment Artist
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Environment Artist
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Senior Environment Artist
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Lead Environment Artist
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World Builder
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Environment Generalist
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Level Artist
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Terrain Artist
Toronto Game Studios Hiring Environment Artists
Toronto's open-world and live-service studios require some of the largest environment art teams in Canada, with continuous hiring across all seniority levels:
Ubisoft Toronto
Behaviour Interactive
Saber Interactive Toronto
Digital Extremes
Jam City Toronto
WB Games Montreal
Dhruva Interactive Canada
+ More Studios
Environment Artist Salary Ranges in Toronto (2026)
What environment artist roles pay at Toronto game studios.
Junior Environment Artist
CAD $50K - $72K
Environment Artist
CAD $72K - $100K
Senior Environment Artist
CAD $95K - $128K
Lead Environment Artist
CAD $120K - $155K
*Salaries listed in Canadian dollars (CAD). Ontario provincial income tax applies on top of federal tax. Toronto is Canada's most expensive city but remains significantly more affordable than San Francisco or New York, making compensation competitive for environment artists relocating internationally.
What Toronto Studios Look For in Environment Artists
Toronto's game studios build some of the most detailed open worlds and live-service arenas in the industry. Here is what gets you hired.
🎨 Core Environment Skills
- Modular asset creation and tile-able texture production
- Composition and scene readability across large open areas
- Landscape and terrain sculpting for large-scale environments
- Optimisation for real-time performance: LODs, culling, draw calls
- Lighting integration and understanding of lighting's effect on materials
🎮 Tools and Software
- Unreal Engine 5: world building, Nanite, Lumen, landscape tools
- Maya or Blender for asset modelling and UV unwrapping
- Substance Painter and Designer for material and texture creation
- Houdini for procedural environment generation
- SpeedTree or similar for vegetation and organic assets
🌟 What Toronto Studios Specifically Want
- Ubisoft Toronto: open-world scale, historical reference accuracy, large team pipelines
- Behaviour Interactive: claustrophobic horror level design, strong atmospheric lighting sense
- Digital Extremes: sci-fi modular world design, extensive biome variety for Warframe
- Experience managing outsourced environment art from vendors
- Comfortable creating environment art guides and documentation
💡 How to Stand Out in Toronto's Market
- Show full scene builds, not just individual asset breakdowns
- Include in-engine screenshots with lighting and post-processing applied
- Demonstrate modular thinking: show how assets tile and combine
- Match the scale and visual style of the studio you are targeting
- Apply within 24 hours of posting - environment roles at Ubisoft Toronto move fast
Environment Artist Jobs in Toronto FAQ
Are there environment artist jobs in Toronto?
Yes. Toronto has a strong environment artist job market driven by Ubisoft Toronto, Behaviour Interactive, and Digital Extremes. Ubisoft Toronto develops large open-world games requiring extensive environment art teams. Behaviour Interactive's survival horror games demand highly detailed, atmospheric environmental work. The city consistently hires environment artists at junior through lead levels.
Which studios in Toronto hire environment artists?
Major game studios hiring environment artists in Toronto include Ubisoft Toronto, Behaviour Interactive, Saber Interactive Toronto, and Digital Extremes in nearby London, Ontario. Ubisoft Toronto is particularly active, requiring environment artists for open-world historical cities and landscapes across Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs productions. Digital Extremes hires environment artists for Warframe's expanding sci-fi world.
What is the salary for an environment artist in Toronto?
In Toronto: Junior Environment Artists earn CAD $50K-$72K, mid-level $72K-$100K, Senior Environment Artists $95K-$128K, and Lead Environment Artists $120K-$155K. Salaries are in Canadian dollars. Ontario provincial income tax applies on top of federal tax. Toronto is the most expensive Canadian city but remains significantly more affordable than San Francisco or New York.
What skills do Toronto game studios want in an environment artist?
Toronto studios want environment artists with strong modular asset creation skills, proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 world building tools, and ability to create visually rich scenes that run efficiently at real-time frame rates. Ubisoft Toronto values artists who can deliver historically accurate city and landscape environments at high volume. Behaviour Interactive looks for artists who can create oppressive, atmospheric horror environments.
How do I find environment artist jobs in Toronto?
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