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

City of Ottawa – Police Services had 1,779 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $143,052, City of Toronto 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — that is 12% more at the median for City of Ottawa – Police Services, and City of Toronto lists 7.4× as many people.

On the list

City of Ottawa – Police Services
1,779
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Ottawa – Police Services
$143,052
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Ottawa – Police Services
$147,156
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Ottawa – Police Services
$263.3M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Ottawa – Police Services
  • City of Toronto
City of Ottawa – Police Services and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of Ottawa – Police Services: $106,902 in 2004 to $143,052 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 – Police Services and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of Ottawa – Police ServicesCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,779$143,05213,079$128,018
20241,598$135,30710,256$125,118
20231,558$132,5519,256$123,848
20221,656$137,3948,107$122,667
20211,435$119,9837,345$119,193
20201,461$121,7377,239$115,178
20191,375$118,3926,806$113,267
20181,326$120,0436,188$113,493
20171,302$119,2035,872$114,019
20161,203$115,6354,400$113,699
20151,013$112,4754,382$113,021
20141,079$111,8134,901$111,860
20131,039$112,2454,892$111,793
20122,375$112,127
2011394$108,1882,189$110,973
2010395$107,5442,137$111,128
2009406$108,1712,072$113,447
2008235$106,4921,552$112,478
2007213$109,6031,738$110,895
2006177$108,481989$108,239
2005121$106,953732$109,811
200480$106,902503$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

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.