Town of Niagara-on-the-lake

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 39 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

39

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$124,741

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$118,598

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Niagara-On-The-Lake in 2025?

Kirsten Mccauley, Director of Planning, Building and Development Services, was paid $176,018 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 39 Town of Niagara-on-the-lake employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $118,598.

How has Town of Niagara-On-The-Lake's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Niagara-on-the-lake listed 1 people in 2003 and 39 in 2025 — 39× as many; payroll on the list went from $104K to $4.9M, and the median salary moved from $103,347 to $118,598.

How many Town of Niagara-on-the-lake employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 22 yearly values of median salary, from $103,347 in 2003 to $118,598 in 2025. No data for 2004.$100K$110K$120K$130K200320082012201620202025
Median salary, 2003–2025. 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

#1Kirsten Mccauley
$176,018
Director of Planning, Building and Development Services
#2Kyle Freeborn
$163,927
Director of Corporate Services / Treasurer
#3Jay Plato
$161,292
Director of Community and Protective Services / Fire Chief
#4Joseph Darren Mackenzie
$155,208
Manager of Public Works / Acting Director of Operations
#5Bruce Zvaniga
$154,736
Chief Administrative Officer / Senior Advisor
#6Lauren Kruitbosch
$152,121
Associate Director – Office of the Chief Administrative Officer / Director of Organizational Performance, Strategy and Transformation
#7Darren Trostenko
$140,004
Deputy Fire Chief
#8Nicholas Alaimo
$139,855
Manager of Finance
#9Frederick Cervantes
$139,295
Manager of Information Technology
#10Walter Klassen
$139,164
Chief Building Official / Manager of Building Services
#11Sarah Stevens
$138,939
Manager of Human Resources
#12Kevin Turcotte
$138,476
Manager of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
#13Grant Bivol
$138,227
Manager of Legislative Services / Town Clerk
#14Aimee Alderman
$135,932
Manager of Development Planning
#15Darrin Wills
$134,966
Supervisor – Environmental Services / Acting Manager of Public Works
#16David Voogt
$125,005
Cemetery and Ground Specialist
#17Laura Tait
$122,101
Chief Executive Officer – Library
#18John Boyd Hopkins
$121,163
Supervisor – Parks
#19Shaunna Arenburg
$119,939
Deputy Clerk
#20Michael Komljenovic
$119,836
Supervisor – Engineering
#21John Federici
$117,833
Senior Planner
#22Bradley Disher
$117,273
Chief Fire Prevention Officer
#23Casey Sharpe
$116,660
Supervisor – Roads
#24Agnese De Fazio
$115,844
Supervisor – Facilities and Properties
#25Emily Kujbida
$114,060
Recreation Program Specialist

See all 39 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

Kirsten Mccauley at Town Of Niagara-on-the-lake had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $152,636 to $169,746, up 11.2%.

Kirsten Mccauley+11.2%
Director of Planning, Building and Development Services
$152,636 → $169,746
Lauren Kruitbosch+11.8%
Associate Director – Office of the Chief Administrative Officer / Director of Organizational Performance, Strategy and Transformation
$134,153 → $149,948
Shaunna Arenburg+13.7%
Deputy Clerk
$104,311 → $118,598
Darrin Wills+9.5%
Supervisor – Environmental Services / Acting Manager of Public Works
$122,309 → $133,962
Raymond Hunter+9.0%
Lead Hand – Roads
$102,978 → $112,241

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.

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

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