Town of Aylmer

Also filed as Corporation of the Town of Aylmer (2006).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 22 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

22

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.0M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$134,792

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$135,887

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Aylmer in 2025?

Kyle Johnstone, Chief of Police, was paid $191,000 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 22 Town of Aylmer employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $135,887.

How has Town of Aylmer's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Aylmer listed 2 people in 2006 and 22 in 2025 — 11× as many; payroll on the list went from $208K to $3.0M, and the median salary moved from $103,358 to $135,887.

How many Town of Aylmer employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 20 yearly values of median salary, from $103,358 in 2006 to $135,887 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200620102014201720212025
Median salary, 2006–2025. 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

#1Kyle Johnstone
$191,000
Chief of Police
#2Andrew Grozelle
$178,693
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Ray Kaastra
$174,760
Sergeant
#4Daniel Wikkerink
$161,586
Sergeant
#5Jeff Deleeuw
$143,863
Instructor
#6Benjamin Shaw
$143,586
First Class Constable
#7Chris Johnson
$143,458
Deputy Chief of Police
#8Larry S Long
$143,189
Acting Sergeant
#9Joshua Hearn
$143,174
First Class Constable
#10Heather Sachs
$139,206
Director of Financial Services/Treasurer
#11Terry Koning
$137,622
Director of Operations and Infrastructure
#12Kyle Dyer
$137,605
First Class Constable
#13Owen Jaggard
$131,951
Director of Legislative Services/Clerk
#14Michael T Mckone
$131,775
Director of Emergency Services
#15Ryan Thomson
$120,710
Second Class Constable
#16Amanda Ross
$119,527
Second Class Constable
#17Tyler Hiemstra
$118,369
Chief Building Official/Manager of Facilities
#18Heather James
$118,077
Manager of Planning and Development
#19Jesse Thompson
$116,728
Manager of Operations
#20Susan Wray
$109,404
Parks and Recreation Manager
#21Rebecca Challis
$101,160
Third Class Constable
#22Peter Loewen
$101,134
Public Works Technical Foreperson

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

Ray Kaastra at Town Of Aylmer had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $132,647 to $173,114, up 30.5%.

Ray Kaastra+30.5%
Sergeant
$132,647 → $173,114
Benjamin Shaw+38.0%
First Class Constable
$102,992 → $142,170
Daniel Wikkerink+26.7%
Sergeant
$126,286 → $160,010
Kyle Johnstone+21.9%
Chief of Police
$150,609 → $183,582
Jeff Deleeuw+24.7%
Instructor
$114,122 → $142,282

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.

7 people were new to Town of Aylmer's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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