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City of Toronto – Police Service

Also filed as City of Toronto - Toronto Police Service (2006), City of Toronto - Police (2004–2005) and Toronto Police Service (1997–2002).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 7,083 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

7,083

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.1B

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$149,572

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$145,865

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at City of Toronto – Police Service in 2025?

Myron Demkiw, Chief of Police, was paid $458,249 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 7,083 City of Toronto – Police Service employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $145,865.

How has City of Toronto – Police Service's Sunshine List changed?

City of Toronto – Police Service listed 15 people in 1997 and 7,083 in 2025 — 472× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.7M to $1.1B, and the median salary moved from $111,526 to $145,865.

How many City of Toronto – Police Service employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 29 yearly values of median salary, from $111,526 in 1997 to $145,865 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K199720032009201320192025
Median salary, 1997–2025. 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

See all 7,083 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

Qianliang Yang at City Of Toronto – Police Service had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $156,448 to $295,730, up 89.0%.

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.

1,164 people were new to City of Toronto – Police Service's list in 2025; 300 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at City of Toronto – Police Service →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people