Captain Salary in Ontario (2025)
18,180 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
Median by Year
2005–2025
Median salary paid among disclosed records. 2023 is absent: job titles were not disclosed that year. Years with fewer than five people are omitted.
Where They Work
2025 · employers with 5+
| Employer | People | Median | Top |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | 481 | $156,014 | $269,411 |
| City of Ottawa | 195 | $165,344 | $223,813 |
| City of Hamilton | 97 | $155,806 | $185,569 |
| City of London | 77 | $152,145 | $162,082 |
| City of Vaughan | 58 | $158,528 | $259,394 |
| City of Markham | 45 | $163,070 | $197,393 |
| City of Burlington | 37 | $166,819 | $191,819 |
| City of Kitchener | 37 | $157,570 | $174,857 |
| City of Barrie | 34 | $162,193 | $179,002 |
| City of Oshawa | 33 | $170,534 | $200,835 |
| Town of Whitby | 30 | $167,859 | $190,411 |
| City of St Catharines | 28 | $165,633 | $200,674 |
| Town of Newmarket – Central York Fire Services | 28 | $148,250 | $155,797 |
| City of Greater Sudbury | 23 | $175,376 | $271,199 |
| Town of Ajax | 22 | $168,946 | $222,729 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard James Mcdougall | City Of Greater Sudbury | Captain | $271,199 | $272,097 |
| 2 | Andrew Macsween | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $269,411 | $271,495 |
| 3 | Barry Albert | City Of Vaughan | Captain | $259,394 | $259,877 |
| 4 | Blair Wallhouse | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $258,881 | $260,965 |
| 5 | Craig Lester | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $256,726 | $258,810 |
| 6 | John Pagnotta | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $252,050 | $254,134 |
| 7 | Powin Low | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $243,306 | $245,391 |
| 8 | Ted Kular | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $242,397 | $244,481 |
| 9 | Steven Zavitz | City Of Toronto | Captain Operation | $237,810 | $239,894 |
| 10 | Colin Braney | City Of Greater Sudbury | Captain | $237,079 | $237,969 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,597
- 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. 2023: job titles were not disclosed, so that year has no position data. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025. Last updated 2026-09-04.