Communications Advisor Salary in Ontario (2025)
161 disclosed records, 2008–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (52%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
51
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$107,040
-12.5% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$101,609–$115,878
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$131,936
Who is the highest-paid Communications Advisor in Ontario?
The highest-paid Communications Advisor on the 2025 Sunshine List was Randal Fee at Town Of Caledon, with a salary of $131,936; the median among the 51 listed under this title was $107,040.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Communications Advisor paid the 2025 median of $107,040 would take home roughly $78,842 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $6,570 a month, an effective rate of about 21.2%. That is about 12% below the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. The middle half of Communications Advisor salaries ran from $101,609 to $115,878. 51 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
- ~$78,842
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~21.2%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$6,570
Where does $107,040 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 Toronto | 17 | $105,046 | $120,507 | Pay here → |
| Toronto District School Board | 5 | $115,878 | $116,007 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randal Fee | Town Of Caledon | Advisor Communications | $131,936 | $132,571 |
| 2 | Lynn E Chan | City of Richmond Hill | Communications Advisor | $123,404 | $124,603 |
| 3 | Aisling O O'Malley | City of Richmond Hill | Communications Advisor | $123,253 | $123,912 |
| 4 | Patricia Enright | City of Richmond Hill | Communications Advisor | $121,813 | $122,472 |
| 5 | Isabella Burlon | Town Of Caledon | Advisor Communications | $120,552 | $121,140 |
| 6 | Christina M Barnes | City Of Toronto | Communications Advisor | $120,507 | $121,262 |
| 7 | Paul Crawford | Ontario Energy Board | Communications Advisor / Conseiller en communications | $116,501 | $116,929 |
| 8 | Elbert Kin-Bon Chung | City of Richmond Hill | Communications Advisor | $116,358 | $116,992 |
| 9 | Ryan Cowieson | Town Of Caledon | Advisor Communications | $116,087 | $116,087 |
| 10 | Danko Cvjet | Toronto District School Board | Communications Advisor | $116,007 | $116,007 |
By Year
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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.
Data through 2025, the most recent Sunshine List disclosed.