Town of Gananoque

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 24 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

24

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.2M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,648

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,159

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Gananoque in 2025?

Richard Swann, Police Chief, was paid $194,437 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 24 Town of Gananoque employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,159.

How has Town of Gananoque's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Gananoque listed 1 people in 2008 and 24 in 2025 — 24× as many; payroll on the list went from $102K to $3.2M, and the median salary moved from $101,387 to $131,159.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 18 yearly values of median salary, from $101,387 in 2008 to $131,159 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K200820122015201820212025
Median salary, 2008–2025. 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

#1Richard Swann
$194,437
Police Chief
#2Melanie Kirkby
$178,713
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Michael Driscoll
$166,453
Police Sergeant
#4Mark Graham
$164,194
Police Sergeant
#5Peter Lorenz
$157,522
First Class Constable – Police
#6John Morrison
$152,229
Treasurer
#7Lynsay Dickson
$152,130
Police Sergeant
#8Duane Boyles
$151,007
First Class Constable – Police
#9Dana Darlington
$150,773
First Class Constable – Police
#10Brenda Guy
$148,382
Manager of Planning and Development
#11Curtis Watson
$147,150
Police Sergeant
#12Andrew Dickson
$141,034
Fire Chief
#13Rachel Nyran-Scanlon
$123,105
Third Class Constable – Police
#14Jeffrey Johnston
$120,985
Manager of Parks and Recreation
#15Matthew Murdock
$119,312
First Class Constable – Police
#16Matthew Hoult
$117,027
Superintendent of Water and Wastewater
#17Robert Kennedy
$110,547
Superintendent of Parks and Facilities
#18Brock Webb
$110,028
Superintendent of Roads
#19Andrew Kent
$107,888
Deputy Fire Chief
#20Penny-Lou Kelly
$105,833
Municipal Clerk
#21Sean Kraft
$105,640
Public Works Lead Hand – Roads Division
#22Brent Goudey
$103,265
Public Works Lead Hand – Roads Division
#23Ted Glover
$102,489
Public Works Operator 1 – Utilities Division
#24Keith Kirkby
$101,286
Public Works Operator 4 – Utilities Division

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

Andrew Dickson at Town Of Gananoque had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $111,604 to $139,823, up 25.3%.

Andrew Dickson+25.3%
Fire Chief
$111,604 → $139,823
Brenda Guy+20.3%
Manager of Planning and Development
$122,323 → $147,189
Melanie Kirkby+12.9%
Chief Administrative Officer
$156,868 → $177,130
Richard Swann+10.3%
Police Chief
$175,055 → $193,126
Dana Darlington+13.3%
First Class Constable – Police
$132,145 → $149,766

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.

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

See all pay increases at Town of Gananoque →

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