City of Thunder Bay

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 759 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

759

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$105.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$136,997

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$130,974

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Thunder Bay in 2025?

Darcy Fleury, Chief of Police, was paid $320,892 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 759 City of Thunder Bay employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $130,974.

How has City of Thunder Bay's Sunshine List changed?

City of Thunder Bay listed 6 people in 1998 and 759 in 2025 — 127× as many; payroll on the list went from $684K to $105.9M, and the median salary moved from $108,820 to $130,974.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 28 yearly values of median salary, from $108,820 in 1998 to $130,974 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K199820042010201320192025
Median salary, 1998–2025. 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

#1Darcy Fleury
$320,892
Chief of Police
#2Jean Claude Collin
$317,736
City Manager
#3Justin Dubuc
$285,314
Sergeant
#4Ryan Hughes
$264,879
Deputy Chief of Police
#5Jeffrey Johnson
$253,689
First Class Constable
#6Clark Mckever
$249,709
Sergeant
#7Kerri Marshall
$244,285
Commissioner – Growth
#8Kelly Robertson
$243,151
Commissioner – Community Services
#9Neal Soltys
$241,786
Sergeant
#10Jeremy Pearson
$235,510
Deputy Chief of Police
#11Christopher Carson
$234,998
First Class Constable
#12Sean Verescak
$232,167
Sergeant
#13Todd Pritoula
$231,113
Staff Sergeant
#14Mark Cattani
$229,144
First Class Constable
#15Ben Grieve
$223,119
Inspector
#16Brad Bernst
$219,968
Sergeant
#17David Paxton
$219,534
Fire Chief
#18Robert Gombola
$218,270
Staff Sergeant
#19Jarrett Hay
$217,155
First Class Constable
#20Keri Greaves
$216,569
Commissioner – Corporate Services
#21Kayla Dixon
$215,733
Commissioner – Infrastructure and Operations
#22Joshua Berube
$211,935
First Class Constable
#23Doig Pollock
$205,287
Sergeant
#24Kevin Anderson
$202,726
Captain – Fire Prevention
#25Jamie Taylor
$202,425
Chief Executive Officer – Community Economic Development Commission

See all 759 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

Robert Wark at City Of Thunder Bay had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $118,445 to $187,374, up 58.2%.

Robert Wark+58.2%
Division Chief – Administration
$118,445 → $187,374
Doig Pollock+46.9%
Sergeant
$134,662 → $197,783
Sean Verescak+33.1%
Sergeant
$168,554 → $224,347
Kevin Anderson+36.9%
Captain – Fire Prevention
$147,104 → $201,380
Matthew Miedema+36.3%
Director – Engineering and Operations
$131,406 → $179,049

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.

103 people were new to City of Thunder Bay's list in 2025; 76 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Thunder Bay →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people