City of Ottawa – Police Services vs City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: 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 – Toronto Transit Commission 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — that is 24% more at the median for City of Ottawa – Police Services, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 5.4× as many people.
On the list
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- 1,779
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- 9,614
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $143,052
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $114,939
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $147,156
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $121,680
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $263.3M
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $1.2B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
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 – Toronto Transit Commission | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,779 | $143,052 | 9,614 | $114,939 |
| 2024 | 1,598 | $135,307 | 6,842 | $113,956 |
| 2023 | 1,558 | $132,551 | 4,784 | $110,842 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | $137,394 | 4,804 | $111,732 |
| 2021 | 1,435 | $119,983 | 3,277 | $110,957 |
| 2020 | 1,461 | $121,737 | 3,171 | $110,363 |
| 2019 | 1,375 | $118,392 | 3,033 | $112,429 |
| 2018 | 1,326 | $120,043 | 2,734 | $110,737 |
| 2017 | 1,302 | $119,203 | 2,632 | $112,033 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | $115,635 | 2,307 | $111,437 |
| 2015 | 1,013 | $112,475 | 2,143 | $112,296 |
| 2014 | 1,079 | $111,813 | 2,075 | $114,158 |
| 2013 | 1,039 | $112,245 | 1,748 | $110,170 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,395 | $109,843 |
| 2011 | 394 | $108,188 | 1,158 | $109,780 |
| 2010 | 395 | $107,544 | 1,013 | $109,733 |
| 2009 | 406 | $108,171 | 724 | $109,587 |
| 2008 | 235 | $106,492 | 548 | $107,862 |
| 2007 | 213 | $109,603 | 388 | $105,448 |
| 2006 | 177 | $108,481 | 277 | $105,749 |
| 2005 | 121 | $106,953 | 134 | $111,608 |
| 2004 | 80 | $106,902 | 95 | $108,866 |
| 2003 | — | — | 86 | $109,773 |
| 2002 | — | — | 48 | $121,025 |
| 2001 | — | — | 34 | $121,811 |
| 2000 | — | — | 36 | $115,889 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | $112,970 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | $113,847 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | $109,415 |
| 1996 | — | — | 24 | $103,243 |
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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.