Town of Deep River

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 20 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

20

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$137,659

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,554

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Deep River in 2025?

Sean Patterson, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $188,474 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 20 Town of Deep River employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,554.

How has Town of Deep River's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Deep River listed 1 people in 2007 and 20 in 2025 — 20× as many; payroll on the list went from $112K to $2.8M, and the median salary moved from $111,389 to $131,554.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 19 yearly values of median salary, from $111,389 in 2007 to $131,554 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200720112015201720212025
Median salary, 2007–2025. 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

#1Sean Patterson
$188,474
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Dean Duchrow
$185,249
Chief of Police
#3Gary Mcrae
$173,440
Fire Chief
#4Elaine Taylor
$150,674
Director of Finance
#5Anne Pitre
$147,253
Sergeant
#6Andrew Gagne
$144,135
Part Time Sergeant
#7Marek Brela
$143,150
First Class Constable
#8Ron Cochrane
$141,076
Fire Captain
#9David Newell
$138,693
First Class Constable
#10Michael Slattery
$132,618
First Class Constable
#11Scott Morphy
$132,328
Fire Captain
#12Daniel Walsh
$131,776
Fire Captain
#13Amanda Brela
$129,710
First Class Constable
#14Alexander Smith
$127,174
First Class Constable
#15Christian Kaiser
$126,165
Director of Growth and Sustainability
#16Jacqueline Mellon
$124,627
Clerk
#17David Mccarthy
$122,994
Director of Operations
#18Matthew Barker
$118,038
Sergeant
#19Adam Head
$111,441
First Class Constable
#20Naomi Balla-Boudreau
$101,940
Library Chief Executive 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

Sean Patterson at Town Of Deep River had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $157,989 to $187,214, up 18.5%.

Sean Patterson+18.5%
Chief Administrative Officer
$157,989 → $187,214
Dean Duchrow+13.7%
Chief of Police
$161,980 → $184,122
Marek Brela+15.1%
First Class Constable
$123,574 → $142,262
Christian Kaiser+16.5%
Director of Growth and Sustainability
$107,481 → $125,261
David Mccarthy+15.1%
Director of Operations
$106,092 → $122,121

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 Deep River's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Town of Deep River →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people