Early life, family and education
Salter was raised in Laval, Quebec, [1] and played in the Montreal Impact Academy from 2013 until 2016. [2] [3] Afterwards, he played with CS Étoiles de l'Est. [4]
He attended high school at the ecole secondaire Antoine de Saint-Exupery where he was coached by Sandro Grande. [2] He played for the Quebec provincial team, helping them to win a national bronze in 2017. [5]
In 2018, he moved to France to join ASPTT Dijon in France's top U19 league. [2] [6] He also had a two-week trial with the U19 team RC Lens. [1]
College career
After graduating high school, he attended Dawson College in Quebec, in 2017, where he was the CCAA - ACSC Men's Soccer All-Canadian for the 2017, the RSEQ Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and led the conference in scoring with nine goals in nine games. [2] [7] He was named the school's Athlete of the Year. [8]
In 2019, he decided to attend California State University, Northridge in the United States, playing for the men's soccer team. [8] He scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, in his debut on August 30, 2019, in the season opener against the Ohio State Buckeyes. [9] [10] earning him Big West Conference Freshman of the Week honours. [10] At the end of the season, he was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team. [11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was unable to return in-person to the school for his second year, eventually deciding to pursue a professional career and completing his degree online at a Canadian university. [12]
Club career
In 2018, he played for CS St-Hubert in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. [6]
In 2020, he returned to the PLSQ, playing with AS Blainville, helping them to the league title and finishing as the league's leading scorer, including two hat-tricks in back-to-back games. [13] [14]
In February 2021, Salter signed a one-year contract with club options for 2022 and 2023 with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers. [15] [16] He scored his first professional goal on July 17 against Cavalry FC. [17] In January 2022, HFX announced they had exercised the forward's contract option, keeping him at the club for the upcoming season. [18] He finished as the team's top scorer in 2022, with 11 league goals. [19]
On February 16, 2023, Salter joined fellow CPL side Atlético Ottawa for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year deal, with a club option for 2025. [20] [21] This was the league's first ever intra-league transfer to command a fee. [20] [21] On May 13, 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a victory over Vancouver FC. [22] [23] After the 2024 season, the club picked up his option for the 2025 season. [24] [25] On May 10, 2025, he set a league record, scoring four goals in one match, in a 5-2 victory over Valour FC. [26] [27] [28] On August 30, 2025, he set the league record for the most goals in a single season, breaking the record of 14 by Alejandro Díaz, scoring his 15th in a match against Vancouver FC. [29] He won the 2025 Golden Boot as the league's top scorer, scorer a league single-season record of 19 goals. [30] He was also named the league's Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year, as selected by the players in the league. [31]
In October 2025, he signed a pre-contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club GAIS to join the club upon the opening of the transfer window in January 2026 on a four-year contract, upon the expiry of his contract with Atlético Ottawa at the end of 2025. [32] [33]
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