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

City of Guelph had 673 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $119,695, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 7% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 19× as many people.

On the list

City of Guelph
673
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Guelph
$119,695
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Guelph
$125,726
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Guelph
$85.3M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Guelph
  • City of Toronto
City of Guelph and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Guelph: $109,113 in 2000 to $119,695 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 Guelph and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of GuelphCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025673$119,69513,079$128,018
2024569$117,82310,256$125,118
2023486$119,0809,256$123,848
2022437$119,1688,107$122,667
2021408$116,1097,345$119,193
2020399$116,9577,239$115,178
2019328$112,7006,806$113,267
2018339$114,0986,188$113,493
2017232$110,9605,872$114,019
2016178$113,8604,400$113,699
2015178$113,1934,382$113,021
2014159$116,2474,901$111,860
2013144$112,0044,892$111,793
2012109$110,9792,375$112,127
201193$110,8852,189$110,973
201069$110,6142,137$111,128
200967$110,1152,072$113,447
200864$110,6891,552$112,478
200730$109,6441,738$110,895
200631$123,290989$108,239
200519$111,261732$109,811
200413$117,292503$111,467
200311$111,505527$114,005
200210$108,021407$114,334
20016$104,875198$112,434
20005$109,113205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
1996<5<534$107,575

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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.