City of Stratford

Also filed as Corporation of the City of Stratford (2006).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 158 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

158

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$22.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$139,841

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$134,309

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Stratford in 2025?

Gregory Skinner, Police Chief, was paid $290,413 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 158 City of Stratford employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $134,309.

How has City of Stratford's Sunshine List changed?

City of Stratford listed 1 people in 2001 and 158 in 2025 — 158× as many; payroll on the list went from $106K to $22.4M, and the median salary moved from $104,751 to $134,309.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 25 yearly values of median salary, from $104,751 in 2001 to $134,309 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200120062011201520202025
Median salary, 2001–2025. 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

#1Gregory Skinner
$290,413
Police Chief
#2Mark Taylor
$231,116
Police Inspector
#3Jason Clarke
$215,844
Police Inspector
#4Gerald Foster
$208,452
Deputy Chief of Police
#5Kim Mcelroy
$200,317
Director of Social Services
#6Adam Betteridge
$197,170
Director of Building and Planning
#7Neil Anderson
$192,741
Fire Chief
#8Steven Ford
$188,586
Fire Captain
#9John Jay Taylor Crinklaw
$186,485
Director of Infrastructure Services
#10Shawn Mccormick
$186,259
Fire Senior Captain
#11Karmen Krueger
$186,170
Director of Corporate Services
#12Tim Wolfe
$185,826
Director of Community Services
#13Christopher Beach
$185,480
Fire Senior Captain
#14Joan Gerber
$184,024
Stratford Economic Enterprise Development Corporation Chief Executive Officer
#15Brett Fairweather
$181,768
Firefighter
#16Christopher Crozier
$180,622
Firefighter
#17Jeffery Allen
$176,699
Firefighter
#18Jason Canning
$176,368
Fire Captain
#19Michael Weyers
$175,858
Police Sergeant
#20Bradley Mccann
$173,883
Fire Captain
#21Michael Lukachko
$173,219
Fire Captain
#22Robert Steele
$173,027
Firefighter
#23James Jardine
$172,790
Police Sergeant
#24Gregory Ankenmann
$171,536
Fire Captain
#25Jeff Lane
$170,888
Fire Senior Captain

See all 158 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

Christopher Crozier at City Of Stratford had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $138,934 to $178,475, up 28.5%.

Christopher Crozier+28.5%
Firefighter
$138,934 → $178,475
Jacob Jenkins+22.1%
Firefighter
$122,658 → $149,810
Kim Mcelroy+15.5%
Director of Social Services
$172,028 → $198,681
Thomas Handley+16.7%
Fire Captain
$142,773 → $166,575
Nicholas Keating+17.0%
Police Sergeant
$132,957 → $155,508

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.

24 people were new to City of Stratford's list in 2025; 18 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Stratford →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people