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City of Ottawa – Library Services vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Ottawa – Library Services listed 29 employees with a median of $133,718; City of Toronto listed 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 4% more at the median for City of Ottawa – Library Services, and City of Toronto lists 451× as many people.

On the list

City of Ottawa – Library Services
29
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Ottawa – Library Services
$133,718
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Ottawa – Library Services
$135,115
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Ottawa – Library Services
$3.9M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Ottawa – Library Services
  • City of Toronto
City of Ottawa – Library Services and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Ottawa – Library Services: $107,404 in 2005 to $133,718 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 Ottawa – Library Services and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Ottawa – Library ServicesCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202529$133,71813,079$128,018
202429$130,93610,256$125,118
202322$122,8129,256$123,848
202224$127,2218,107$122,667
202120$118,1447,345$119,193
202021$122,5667,239$115,178
201917$118,0816,806$113,267
201817$117,8996,188$113,493
201715$111,4395,872$114,019
201615$111,3974,400$113,699
201515$111,2474,382$113,021
201415$105,4824,901$111,860
20134,892$111,793
20122,375$112,127
201111$102,0262,189$110,973
20106$123,3022,137$111,128
200913$108,4892,072$113,447
20089$105,8891,552$112,478
20075$110,6651,738$110,895
20066$112,424989$108,239
20055$107,404732$109,811
2004503$111,467
2003527$114,005
2002407$114,334
2001198$112,434
2000205$114,732
1999116$107,570
1998100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$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.