City of Ottawa – Police Services

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,779 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,779

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$263.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$147,156

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$143,052

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Ottawa – Police Services in 2025?

Eric Stubbs, Chief of Police, was paid $415,121 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,779 City of Ottawa – Police Services employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $143,052.

How has City of Ottawa – Police Services' Sunshine List changed?

City of Ottawa – Police Services listed 80 people in 2004 and 1,779 in 2025 — 22× as many; payroll on the list went from $8.9M to $263.3M, and the median salary moved from $106,902 to $143,052.

How many City of Ottawa – Police Services employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 21 yearly values of median salary, from $106,902 in 2004 to $143,052 in 2025. No data for 2012.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K200420092013201620212025
Median salary, 2004–2025. 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

#1Eric Stubbs
$415,121
Chief of Police
#2Steven Bell
$382,309
Deputy Chief
#3Paul Burnett
$332,366
Deputy Chief
#4Patricia Ferguson
$328,623
Deputy Chief
#5Patrick Frost
$291,994
Staff Sergeant
#6Jamie Harper
$285,315
Inspector
#7Daniel Montsion
$284,736
Constable
#8Christopher Benson
$276,542
Constable
#9Scott Pettis
$274,715
Inspector
#10Francois D'Aoust
$273,641
Superintendent
#11Jamie Dunlop
$267,539
Superintendent
#12Brian Samuel
$263,693
Inspector
#13Christopher Rheaume
$259,489
Superintendent
#14Julie Mann
$258,228
Inspector
#15Heather Lachine
$257,434
Superintendent
#16David Zackrias
$254,747
Superintendent
#17Andrew Won
$249,784
Sergeant
#18Kathleen Laviolette
$249,701
Police Communicator
#19Mark Bouwmeester
$247,897
Inspector
#20Kenneth Bryden
$245,112
Superintendent
#21Louis Carvalho
$243,838
Staff Sergeant
#22Russell Lucas
$240,656
Superintendent
#23Nadir Siddiqui
$240,457
Constable
#24Joel Shaver
$239,467
Constable
#25Daniel Berrea
$238,677
Staff Sergeant

See all 1,779 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

Andrew Won at City Of Ottawa – Police Services had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $147,979 to $249,174, up 68.4%.

Andrew Won+68.4%
Sergeant
$147,979 → $249,174
Shawn Cleroux+88.0%
Legal Counsel
$108,973 → $204,854
Paul Nieman+77.9%
Technical Security Specialist
$119,978 → $213,440
Luc Durocher+48.6%
Constable
$152,610 → $226,841
Julie Mann+33.7%
Inspector
$184,398 → $246,610

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.

197 people were new to City of Ottawa – Police Services's list in 2025; 100 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Ottawa – Police Services →

By Year
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Top Positions
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