Town of Carleton Place

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 17 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

17

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,548

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$130,621

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Carleton Place in 2025?

Diane Smithson, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $217,899 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 17 Town of Carleton Place employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $130,621.

How has Town of Carleton Place's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Carleton Place listed 1 people in 2004 and 17 in 2025 — 17× as many; payroll on the list went from $108K to $2.3M, and the median salary moved from $107,393 to $130,621.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 22 yearly values of median salary, from $107,393 in 2004 to $130,621 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200420092013201620212025
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

#1Diane Smithson
$217,899
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Trisa Mcconkey
$169,758
Treasurer
#3Guy Bourgon
$162,588
Director of Public Works
#4David Joy
$151,761
Deputy Fire Chief
#5Joanne Henderson
$148,761
Manager Recreation Culture
#6Niki Dwyer
$135,631
Director Development Services
#7Graham Patterson
$133,660
Public Works Superintendent
#8Meriah Caswell
$132,782
Chief Executive Officer Library Services
#9Tracey Freill
$131,513
Manager Child Care Services
#10Ross Rankin
$131,070
Property Project Manager
#11Stacey Blair
$127,499
Municipal Clerk
#12Lennox Smith
$126,614
Chief Building Official
#13Blake Cram
$108,180
Information Technology Business Analyst
#14Matt Anderson
$102,447
Assistant Fire Chief
#15Laura Scull
$101,850
Human Resources Manager
#16Michael Cooke
$101,767
Senior Plans Examiner
#17Michael Walker
$101,434
Development Review Officer

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

David Joy at Town Of Carleton Place had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $129,197 to $150,935, up 16.8%.

David Joy+16.8%
Deputy Fire Chief
$129,197 → $150,935
Trisa Mcconkey+7.1%
Treasurer
$157,366 → $168,596
Ross Rankin+7.6%
Property Project Manager
$120,986 → $130,208
Stacey Blair+7.7%
Municipal Clerk
$117,696 → $126,738
Diane Smithson+4.2%
Chief Administrative Officer
$207,881 → $216,543

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.

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

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