Firefighter Salary in Ontario (2025)
44,139 disclosed records, 2002–2025 · mostly Municipalities & Services (100%)
At a Glance
2025
Disclosed
5,399
2025 Sunshine List
Median Salary
$131,656
+7.7% vs provincial median
Typical Range
$122,703–$143,202
25th–75th percentile
Top Salary
$247,508
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | 1,802 | $135,836 | $247,508 |
| City of Ottawa | 538 | $134,498 | $211,889 |
| City of Mississauga | 425 | $133,278 | $223,999 |
| City of Hamilton | 328 | $133,629 | $197,422 |
| City of Brampton | 306 | $130,650 | $220,770 |
| City of Windsor | 170 | $123,048 | $174,071 |
| City of Markham | 165 | $128,206 | $153,064 |
| Town of Oakville | 151 | $130,499 | $182,298 |
| City of London | 147 | $121,175 | $149,119 |
| City of Thunder Bay | 123 | $130,864 | $171,311 |
| City of Oshawa | 117 | $129,267 | $174,872 |
| City of Burlington | 112 | $135,718 | $172,291 |
| City of Barrie | 98 | $131,559 | $154,787 |
| City of Cambridge | 95 | $130,016 | $160,624 |
| City of Niagara Falls | 92 | $121,793 | $153,542 |
Highest Paid
2025
| # | Name | Employer | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Poyhonen | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $247,508 | $249,304 |
| 2 | Kristin G Chraba | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $245,408 | $247,239 |
| 3 | Drew Foote | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $230,799 | $232,001 |
| 4 | Jerome Jung | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $225,458 | $227,255 |
| 5 | Gregory Fitzgerald | City Of Mississauga | Firefighter | $223,999 | $224,195 |
| 6 | John Evans | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $223,351 | $225,605 |
| 7 | Daniel J Hathway | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $221,917 | $223,748 |
| 8 | Jon Taine Hall | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $221,597 | $223,360 |
| 9 | Michael Wilson | City Of Brampton | Firefighter | $220,770 | $221,246 |
| 10 | Rashid Rawdat | City Of Toronto | Firefighter Operation | $220,548 | $222,345 |
By Year
Related Positions
- Constable5,795
- Police Constable4,778
- Operator3,992
- Primary Care Paramedic2,883
- Sergeant1,597
- Captain1,385
- Plainclothes Police Constable1,286
- Project Manager1,267
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. Last updated 2026-09-04.