Town of Fort Erie

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 57 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

57

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$7.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$127,510

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$116,282

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Fort Erie in 2025?

Chris Mcqueen, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $248,420 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 57 Town of Fort Erie employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $116,282.

How has Town of Fort Erie's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Fort Erie listed 1 people in 2000 and 57 in 2025 — 57× as many; payroll on the list went from $104K to $7.3M, and the median salary moved from $102,030 to $116,282.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 26 yearly values of median salary, from $102,030 in 2000 to $116,282 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K200020052011201420202025
Median salary, 2000–2025. 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

#1Chris Mcqueen
$248,420
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Jonathan Janzen
$197,871
Director of Corporate Services/Treasurer
#3Anamika Dilwaria
$180,776
Director of Planning and Development
#4Kelly Michael Walsh
$177,123
Director of Infrastructure Services
#5Mark Schmitt
$171,857
Fire Chief, Community Emergency Management Coordinator
#6Lorraine Daymond
$171,855
Director of Human Resources
#7Philip Riley
$163,820
Town Solicitor
#8John Hilbing
$161,395
Chief Information Officer
#9Clare Cameron
$155,893
Director of Community Services
#10Sean Hutton
$152,546
Project Manager of Infrastructure Services
#11Keegan Gennings
$150,006
Manager of Building and Bylaw/Chief Building Official
#12Edward Frost
$149,865
Manager of Engineering Division
#13Mark Iamarino
$138,352
Manager of Development Approvals
#14Edward Terry
$138,148
Manager of Policy and Community Planning
#15Nicholas Chevalier
$135,948
Manager of Roads and Fleet Division
#16Thomas Peazel
$132,982
Actg Director of Infrastructure Services
#17Nadean Reichelt
$132,247
Chief Building Official
#18Karlee Griffin
$130,430
Manager of Accounting Services Dep Treasurer
#19Sonja Bovan
$130,384
Manager of Financial System and Process Improvements
#20Christopher Smith
$128,240
Deputy Fire Chief
#21Beverley L Bradnam
$127,694
Manager of Corporate and Community Initiative
#22Reid Canavan
$124,056
Database Administrator
#23Devon Morton
$122,556
Supervisor of Development Approvals
#24Derrick Teal
$122,145
Supervisor of Facilities Management
#25Gillian Corney
$121,265
Manager of Revenue and Collections

See all 57 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

Chris Mcqueen at Town Of Fort Erie had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $228,933 to $247,531, up 8.1%.

Chris Mcqueen+8.1%
Chief Administrative Officer
$228,933 → $247,531
Nadean Reichelt+12.4%
Chief Building Official
$117,173 → $131,746
Jonathan Janzen+7.0%
Director of Corporate Services/Treasurer
$184,292 → $197,133
Nicholas Chevalier+10.5%
Manager of Roads and Fleet Division
$122,609 → $135,434
Anamika Dilwaria+7.2%
Director of Planning and Development
$167,982 → $180,089

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.

23 people were new to Town of Fort Erie's list in 2025; 10 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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