Deputy Chief Operations Salary in Ontario (2025)
138 disclosed records, 1996–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (91%)
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
18
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$163,851
+34.0% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$153,237–$186,839
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$253,987
Who is the highest-paid Deputy Chief Operations in Ontario?
The highest-paid Deputy Chief Operations on the 2025 Sunshine List was Paul Edward Bastien at City Of London – Police Services, with a salary of $253,987; the median among the 18 listed under this title was $163,851.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
A Deputy Chief Operations paid the 2025 median of $163,851 would take home roughly $111,508 after income tax, CPP and EI — about $9,292 a month, an effective rate of about 28.6%. That is about 34% above the 2025 median across the whole list, $122,262. Half of those listed earned between $153,237 and $186,839. Most Municipalities & Services employees belong to OMERS, so actual take-home is likely another 7–10% lower after pension contributions.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$111,508
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~28.6%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,292
Where does $163,851 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.
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Edward Bastien | City Of London – Police Services | Deputy Chief, Operations | $253,987 | $276,888 |
| 2 | Scott Alexander Guilford | City Of London – Police Services | Deputy Chief, Operations | $253,987 | $264,134 |
| 3 | Louise Hine-Schmidt | City Of Ottawa | Deputy Chief, Operations | $240,996 | $242,559 |
| 4 | Stephen Gill | City Of Guelph – Guelph Police Service | Deputy Chief – Operations | $234,270 | $255,995 |
| 5 | Bruce Morrison | Town Of Halton Hills | Deputy Chief – Operations | $186,839 | $188,704 |
| 6 | David Libby | County Of Renfrew | Deputy Chief – Operations | $178,947 | $179,896 |
| 7 | Stephen Lucas | City Of Kawartha Lakes | Deputy Chief, Operations | $172,212 | $173,535 |
| 8 | Patrick Hervieux | County Of Simcoe | Deputy Chief, Operations | $171,797 | $173,038 |
| 9 | David Andre | City Of Ottawa | Deputy Chief, Operations | $166,365 | $167,205 |
| 10 | Tristan Barter | County Of Perth | Deputy Chief Operations | $161,337 | $162,303 |
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.