City of Greater Sudbury

Also filed as Greater City of Sudbury (2001), Regional Municipality of Sudbury (1998, 2000), Regional Mun. of Sudbury (1999) and Regional Sudbury (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 807 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

807

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$105.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,699

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$123,464

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Greater Sudbury in 2025?

Sara Cunningham, Chief of Police, was paid $302,580 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 807 City of Greater Sudbury employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $123,464.

How has City of Greater Sudbury's Sunshine List changed?

City of Greater Sudbury listed 8 people in 1996 and 807 in 2025 — 101× as many; payroll on the list went from $857K to $105.7M, and the median salary moved from $102,575 to $123,464.

How many City of Greater Sudbury employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $102,575 in 1996 to $123,464 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Sara Cunningham
$302,580
Chief of Police
#2Kevin Fowke
$272,306
General Manager of Corporate Services
#3Richard James Mcdougall
$272,097
Captain
#4Anthony Cecutti
$270,549
Strategic Projects Lead
#5Natalie Hiltz
$269,375
Deputy Chief
#6Ed Archer
$267,762
Chief Administrative Officer
#7Joseph Nicholls
$262,912
General Manager of Community Safety
#8Michael Sean Mcmahon
$238,774
Platoon Chief
#9Colin Braney
$237,969
Captain
#10Shari Lichterman
$234,843
Chief Administrative Officer
#11Tyler Popowich
$231,511
Chief Training Officer
#12Eric Labelle
$229,970
City Solicitor and Clerk
#13Giovanna Verrilli
$228,219
Chief Executive Officer, Greater Sudbury Airport
#14Michael Slywchuk
$227,667
Captain
#15Robert Hyndman
$223,308
Captain
#16Nathan Brubacher
$218,690
Captain
#17James Gervais
$216,045
Captain
#18Richard Dodge
$214,812
Captain
#19Marc Brunette
$214,421
Superintendent
#20Tyler Campbell
$213,142
General Manager, Community Wellbeing
#21Kris Longston
$209,207
General Manager of Planning and Growth
#22Brendan Adair
$209,004
Director of Transit Services
#23Daniel Despatie
$208,139
Inspector
#24Jerry Willmott
$207,948
Inspector
#25Robert Norman
$207,098
Inspector

See all 807 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Darren Sargent at City Of Greater Sudbury had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $110,580 to $157,787, up 42.7%.

Darren Sargent+42.7%
Primary Care Paramedic
$110,580 → $157,787
Michael Sean Mcmahon+18.1%
Platoon Chief
$201,369 → $237,782
Kelsi Bernier+24.7%
Coordinator of Budgets
$118,562 → $147,855
Giuseppe Rocca+16.8%
Director of Linear Infrastructure Services
$166,668 → $194,719
Sara Cunningham+10.8%
Chief of Police
$255,825 → $283,563

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

150 people were new to City of Greater Sudbury's list in 2025; 94 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Greater Sudbury →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people