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City of Cornwall vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

City of Cornwall had 188 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $119,964, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 7% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 70× as many people.

On the list

City of Cornwall
188
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Cornwall
$119,964
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Cornwall
$126,140
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Cornwall
$23.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Cornwall
  • City of Toronto
City of Cornwall and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Cornwall: $106,504 in 2005 to $119,964 in 2025. City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K1996200620152025

Median salary paid on each employer’s Sunshine List filing. A gap is a year the employer filed nobody under this name.

Year by year

City of Cornwall and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of CornwallCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025188$119,96413,079$128,018
2024153$116,29010,256$125,118
2023139$119,1859,256$123,848
2022101$118,7008,107$122,667
202190$118,3497,345$119,193
2020105$114,6287,239$115,178
201991$114,6456,806$113,267
201871$110,7216,188$113,493
201763$110,2975,872$114,019
201688$112,2534,400$113,699
201542$112,0304,382$113,021
201495$113,5784,901$111,860
2013100$116,0754,892$111,793
201279$111,9992,375$112,127
201145$110,8492,189$110,973
201039$112,3672,137$111,128
200981$112,1792,072$113,447
200836$111,0461,552$112,478
200714$113,9781,738$110,895
200614$108,310989$108,239
20059$106,504732$109,811
2004<5<5503$111,467
2003<5<5527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000205$114,732
1999116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$107,575

Related questions

Method. Medians and averages are salary paid; listed payroll is total compensation (salary plus taxable benefits), as filed. Both sides come from the same Ontario Sunshine List, which covers only public-sector employees paid $100,000 or more — so this compares the shape of each employer’s six-figure payroll, not its whole workforce, and an employer with more low-paid staff simply lists fewer of them. A side with fewer than five people keeps its count but shows “<5” instead of a median, average or payroll figure, since any of those would be that handful of people’s own numbers. Sector: Municipalities & Services. Data runs through 2025.