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
1996–2025
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- City of Toronto
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
| Year | City of Ottawa – Police Services | City of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,779 | $143,052 | 13,079 | $128,018 |
| 2024 | 1,598 | $135,307 | 10,256 | $125,118 |
| 2023 | 1,558 | $132,551 | 9,256 | $123,848 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | $137,394 | 8,107 | $122,667 |
| 2021 | 1,435 | $119,983 | 7,345 | $119,193 |
| 2020 | 1,461 | $121,737 | 7,239 | $115,178 |
| 2019 | 1,375 | $118,392 | 6,806 | $113,267 |
| 2018 | 1,326 | $120,043 | 6,188 | $113,493 |
| 2017 | 1,302 | $119,203 | 5,872 | $114,019 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | $115,635 | 4,400 | $113,699 |
| 2015 | 1,013 | $112,475 | 4,382 | $113,021 |
| 2014 | 1,079 | $111,813 | 4,901 | $111,860 |
| 2013 | 1,039 | $112,245 | 4,892 | $111,793 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,375 | $112,127 |
| 2011 | 394 | $108,188 | 2,189 | $110,973 |
| 2010 | 395 | $107,544 | 2,137 | $111,128 |
| 2009 | 406 | $108,171 | 2,072 | $113,447 |
| 2008 | 235 | $106,492 | 1,552 | $112,478 |
| 2007 | 213 | $109,603 | 1,738 | $110,895 |
| 2006 | 177 | $108,481 | 989 | $108,239 |
| 2005 | 121 | $106,953 | 732 | $109,811 |
| 2004 | 80 | $106,902 | 503 | $111,467 |
| 2003 | — | — | 527 | $114,005 |
| 2002 | — | — | 407 | $114,334 |
| 2001 | — | — | 198 | $112,434 |
| 2000 | — | — | 205 | $114,732 |
| 1999 | — | — | 116 | $107,570 |
| 1998 | — | — | 100 | $108,055 |
| 1997 | — | — | 52 | $110,437 |
| 1996 | — | — | 34 | $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.