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Wade Farquharson

City of Ottawa/Firefighter

2025 Salary

$114,617

Total compensation $114,617, including $0 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

Records separated by several years; may be more than one person.

At a Glance
2025

Employer Rank

#3,098

City of Ottawa

Years on List

2

2017–2025

Peak Salary

$114,617

2025

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Total Compensation History

Total compensation by yearLine chart of 2 yearly values of total compensation, from $107,942 in 2017 to $114,617 in 2025. No data from 2018 to 2024.$100K$105K$110K$115K20172025
Total compensation, 2017–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold.

Full History
2017–2025

$107,345 in 2017 is worth about $135,169 in 2025 dollars.

Full salary history, by year
YearPositionSalary
2025FirefighterCity Of Ottawa$114,617Benefits $0Total $114,617
2017FirefighterCity of Ottawa$107,345Benefits $597Total $107,942

Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate

Wade Farquharson was paid $114,617 in 2025; after income tax, CPP and EI that is roughly $83,779, an effective income-tax rate of about 22.1%. On total compensation of $114,617, Wade Farquharson ranked #3,098 of 5,181 disclosed at City of Ottawa that year, where the median salary was $117,638. Records under this name have appeared on the Sunshine List 2 years in all, first in 2017. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.

Estimated net pay
~$83,779
Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
~22.1%
CPP + EI contributions
~$5,507
All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
~26.9%
vs. 2025 Firefighter median
−13%

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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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