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Nicholas Defazio

City of Ottawa/Public Information Officer

2025 Salary

$174,214

Total compensation $175,031, including $817 in taxable benefits.

Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure — names paid $100,000 or more that year. How we build this · Report an error on this page

At a Glance
2025

Employer Rank

#215

City of Ottawa

Years on List

8

2017–2025

Peak Salary

$181,823

2023

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Total Compensation History

Total compensation by yearLine chart of 8 yearly values of total compensation, from $100,950 in 2017 to $175,031 in 2025. No data for 2018.$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K201720192020202320242025
Total compensation, 2017–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold.

Full History
2017–2025

$100,389 in 2017 is worth about $126,409 in 2025 dollars.

Full salary history, by year
YearPositionSalary
2025Public Information OfficerCity Of Ottawa$174,214Benefits $817Total $175,031
2024Public Information OfficerCity Of Ottawa$168,020Benefits $781Total $168,801
2023Public Information OfficerCity Of Ottawa$181,823Benefits $809Total $182,632
2022Public Information OfficerCity Of Ottawa$176,974Benefits $799Total $177,774
2021Public Information OfficerCity Of Ottawa$120,288Benefits $659Total $120,947
2020DispatcherCity Of Ottawa$117,075Benefits $707Total $117,782
2019DispatcherCity Of Ottawa$102,954Benefits $672Total $103,626
2017DispatcherCity of Ottawa$100,389Benefits $561Total $100,950

Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate

Take-home on Nicholas Defazio's 2025 salary of $174,214 comes to roughly $117,210 once federal and Ontario income tax (about 29.6% effective) is deducted. Compared with 2024, when the figure was $168,020, that is a rise of about 4%. On total compensation of $175,031, Nicholas Defazio ranked #215 of 5,181 disclosed at City of Ottawa that year, where the median salary was $117,638. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.

Estimated net pay
~$117,210
Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
~29.6%
CPP + EI contributions
~$5,507
All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
~32.7%

Where does $174,214 rank on the Sunshine List? →

Estimate only: 2025 federal and Ontario rates, basic personal amounts, Canada employment amount and CPP/EI credits; single, employment income only, salary treated as full-year income. Ignores pension contributions (OMERS, HOOPP, OTPP, OPTrust and similar plans lower actual take-home), union dues, RRSPs and benefits.

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2025

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