Captain Salary in Ontario (2025)
19,562 disclosed records, 2000–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
1,385
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$157,709
+29.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$153,580–$167,999
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$271,199
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Captain" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Captain" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Richard James Mcdougall at City Of Greater Sudbury, with a salary of $271,199; the median among the 1,385 listed under this title was $157,709.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Captain median of $157,709 comes to about 27.9%, leaving roughly $108,128 a year — about $9,011 a month. 1,385 people were listed under this title in 2025. That is about 29% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Captain salaries ran from $153,580 to $167,999. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$108,128
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.9%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~31.4%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,011
Where does $157,709 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.
Median by Year
2005–2025
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | Median | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | $156,014 | Pay here → |
| City of Ottawa | $165,344 | Pay here → |
| City of Hamilton | $155,806 | Pay here → |
| City of London | $152,145 | Pay here → |
| City of Vaughan | $158,528 | Pay here → |
| City of Markham | $163,070 | Pay here → |
| City of Burlington | $166,819 | Pay here → |
| City of Kitchener | $157,570 | Pay here → |
| City of Barrie | $162,193 | Pay here → |
| City of Oshawa | $170,534 | Pay here → |
| Town of Whitby | $167,859 | Pay here → |
| City of St Catharines | $165,633 | Pay here → |
| Town of Newmarket – Central York Fire Services | $148,250 | Pay here → |
| City of Greater Sudbury | $175,376 | Pay here → |
| Town of Ajax | $168,946 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard James McdougallCaptain | $271,199 | $272,097 |
| 2 | Andrew MacsweenCaptain Operation | $269,411 | $271,495 |
| 3 | Barry AlbertCaptain | $259,394 | $259,877 |
| 4 | Blair WallhouseCaptain Operation | $258,881 | $260,965 |
| 5 | Craig LesterCaptain Operation | $256,726 | $258,810 |
| 6 | John PagnottaCaptain Operation | $252,050 | $254,134 |
| 7 | Powin LowCaptain Operation | $243,306 | $245,391 |
| 8 | Ted KularCaptain Operation | $242,397 | $244,481 |
| 9 | Steven ZavitzCaptain Operation | $237,810 | $239,894 |
| 10 | Colin BraneyCaptain | $237,079 | $237,969 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
- Project Manager1,267
About these figures
Source: Ontario’s Public Sector Salary Disclosure (the “Sunshine List”), which names every public-sector employee paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. Figures are disclosed salaries, not market compensation: anyone in this position earning under $100,000 does not appear, so medians here sit above the true median for the job.
Medians and percentiles use salary paid (benefits excluded), computed over records whose filed job title was normalized into this position. Titles are as each employer filed them; spellings, word order and bilingual forms are merged. Employers and years with fewer than five people show counts only. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.