Chief of Police Salary in Ontario (2025)
1,279 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (95%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
46
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$266,380
+117.9% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$215,519–$318,848
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$604,449
Who was the highest-paid employee under the title "Chief of Police" in Ontario in 2025?
The highest-paid record grouped under the title "Chief of Police" on the 2025 Sunshine List was Nishan Duraiappah at Regional Municipality Of Peel Police Services, with a salary of $604,449; the median among the 46 listed under this title was $266,380.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 Chief of Police median of $266,380 comes to about 36.5%, leaving roughly $163,744 a year — about $13,645 a month. The 2025 list carries 46 people grouped under the title Chief of Police. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 118% above it. After pension contributions (probably OMERS in this sector), take-home is usually a further 7–10% lower.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$163,744
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~36.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- All-in deduction rate (incl. CPP/EI)
- ~38.5%
- Per month, after tax
- ~$13,645
Where does $266,380 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
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nishan DuraiappahChief of Police | $604,449 | $611,678 |
| 2 | James MacsweenChief of Police | $455,692 | $488,510 |
| 3 | Stephen TannerChief, Police | $454,083 | $473,182 |
| 4 | Myron DemkiwChief of Police | $445,367 | $458,249 |
| 5 | Bill FordyChief of Police | $437,368 | $492,693 |
| 6 | Francis BergenChief Of Police | $411,953 | $431,194 |
| 7 | Eric StubbsChief of Police | $392,930 | $415,121 |
| 8 | Mark CrowellChief of Police | $344,575 | $364,666 |
| 9 | Thai TruongChief of Police | $324,685 | $353,739 |
| 10 | Terry ArmstrongChief of Police | $320,551 | $320,551 |
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. Titles before 2005 were abbreviated at source; the chart starts at 2005.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.