Captain - Fire Services Salary in Ontario (2025)
115 disclosed records, 2000–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
Last filed under this title in 2025. Fewer than 20 records in the latest Sunshine List, so this page is kept for history.
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
8
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$163,080
+33.4% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$154,515–$167,164
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$175,130
Who is the highest-paid Captain - Fire Services in Ontario?
The highest-paid Captain - Fire Services on the 2025 Sunshine List was Dominic Cote at City Of Cornwall, with a salary of $175,130; the median among the 8 listed under this title was $163,080.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Captain - Fire Services median of $163,080 comes to about 28.5%, leaving roughly $111,083 a year — about $9,257 a month. The middle half of Captain - Fire Services salaries ran from $154,515 to $167,164. That is about 33% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. 8 people were listed under this title in 2025. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$111,083
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,257
Where does $163,080 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 Cornwall | 8 | $163,080 | $175,130 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Cote | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $175,130 | $176,994 |
| 2 | John Powers | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $169,071 | $170,897 |
| 3 | Garry Waldroff | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $167,164 | $169,028 |
| 4 | Ian Butcher | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $165,300 | $167,132 |
| 5 | Richard Mailhot | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $160,860 | $162,709 |
| 6 | John Vandrish | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $157,524 | $159,388 |
| 7 | Michel Legault | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $154,515 | $156,348 |
| 8 | Steve Parthenais | City Of Cornwall | Captain – Fire Services | $151,582 | $153,182 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Firefighter5,399
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,600
- 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.