District Chief - Firefighting Salary in Ontario (2025)
287 disclosed records, 2003–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
26
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$173,886
+42.2% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$167,053–$186,856
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$204,915
Who is the highest-paid District Chief - Firefighting in Ontario?
The highest-paid District Chief - Firefighting on the 2025 Sunshine List was Robert Fawcett at City Of Windsor, with a salary of $204,915; the median among the 26 listed under this title was $173,886.
Take-Home Pay
(After Tax) · 2025 estimate
Federal and Ontario income tax on the 2025 District Chief - Firefighting median of $173,886 comes to about 29.5%, leaving roughly $117,029 a year — about $9,752 a month. Across every sector the 2025 median was $122,262, so this position sits about 42% above it. 26 people were listed under this title in 2025. Pension contributions — likely OMERS in the Municipalities & Services sector — would typically trim another 7–10% off that figure.
- Estimated net pay
- ~$117,029
- Effective income-tax rate (excl. CPP/EI)
- ~29.5%
- CPP + EI contributions
- ~$5,507
- Per month, after tax
- ~$9,752
Where does $173,886 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 Brampton | 16 | $178,654 | $203,410 | Pay here → |
| City of Windsor | 10 | $161,917 | $204,915 | Pay here → |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Fawcett | City Of Windsor | District Chief – Firefighting | $204,915 | $205,423 |
| 2 | Daniel Marinier | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $203,410 | $204,049 |
| 3 | Michael Senay | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $200,508 | $201,147 |
| 4 | Steve Koolen | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $190,547 | $191,174 |
| 5 | Christopher Revenberg | City Of Windsor | District Chief – Firefighting | $187,636 | $188,461 |
| 6 | Michael Wheeler | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $187,280 | $187,892 |
| 7 | Aaron Trigiani | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $186,856 | $187,484 |
| 8 | Dave Murray | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $185,183 | $185,822 |
| 9 | Brian Digings | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $184,623 | $185,250 |
| 10 | Scott Robertson | City Of Brampton | District Chief, Firefighting | $183,248 | $183,860 |
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.