Captain - Fire Rescue Salary in Ontario (2025)
617 disclosed records, 2004–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
46
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$153,131
+25.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$138,758–$162,660
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$191,446
Who is the highest-paid Captain - Fire Rescue in Ontario?
The highest-paid Captain - Fire Rescue on the 2025 Sunshine List was John Tod at City Of Windsor, with a salary of $191,446; the median among the 46 listed under this title was $153,131.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Captain - Fire Rescue paid the 2025 median of $153,131 would take home roughly $105,609 after federal and Ontario income tax — about $8,801 a month, an effective rate of about 27.4%. 46 people were listed under this title in 2025. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 25% above it. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$105,609
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~27.4%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$8,801
Where does $153,131 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
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 | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Windsor | 46 | $153,131 | $191,446 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Tod | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $191,446 | $192,603 |
| 2 | James Romanko | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $179,155 | $179,587 |
| 3 | Christopher Daly | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $176,526 | $176,998 |
| 4 | Sean Ryan | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $173,582 | $175,465 |
| 5 | Robert Sullivan | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $168,636 | $169,101 |
| 6 | Robert Bouffard | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $166,819 | $167,294 |
| 7 | Christopher Loma | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $166,717 | $167,718 |
| 8 | Michael Stroud | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $165,946 | $166,412 |
| 9 | Robert Bailey | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $164,998 | $165,521 |
| 10 | James Whatmore | City Of Windsor | Captain – Fire Rescue | $163,911 | $164,376 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,597
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
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, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.