City of Ottawa – Police Services vs City of Windsor: who pays more?
In 2025 City of Ottawa – Police Services listed 1,779 employees with a median of $143,052; City of Windsor listed 1,219 with a median of $132,944 — that is 8% more at the median for City of Ottawa – Police Services, and City of Ottawa – Police Services lists 1.5× as many people.
On the list
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- 1,779
- City of Windsor
- 1,219
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $143,052
- City of Windsor
- $132,944
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $147,156
- City of Windsor
- $136,859
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- $263.3M
- City of Windsor
- $167.8M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Ottawa – Police Services
- City of Windsor
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 Windsor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 1,779 | $143,052 | 1,219 | $132,944 |
| 2024 | 1,598 | $135,307 | 1,173 | $135,940 |
| 2023 | 1,558 | $132,551 | 955 | $119,790 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | $137,394 | 962 | $123,883 |
| 2021 | 1,435 | $119,983 | 915 | $118,932 |
| 2020 | 1,461 | $121,737 | 893 | $112,124 |
| 2019 | 1,375 | $118,392 | 861 | $113,032 |
| 2018 | 1,326 | $120,043 | 898 | $117,859 |
| 2017 | 1,302 | $119,203 | 596 | $111,453 |
| 2016 | 1,203 | $115,635 | 246 | $114,047 |
| 2015 | 1,013 | $112,475 | 643 | $109,894 |
| 2014 | 1,079 | $111,813 | 570 | $117,469 |
| 2013 | 1,039 | $112,245 | 516 | $110,061 |
| 2012 | — | — | 296 | $108,825 |
| 2011 | 394 | $108,188 | 103 | $111,042 |
| 2010 | 395 | $107,544 | 242 | $110,016 |
| 2009 | 406 | $108,171 | 115 | $111,847 |
| 2008 | 235 | $106,492 | 93 | $115,020 |
| 2007 | 213 | $109,603 | 90 | $110,958 |
| 2006 | 177 | $108,481 | 95 | $110,546 |
| 2005 | 121 | $106,953 | 92 | $108,738 |
| 2004 | 80 | $106,902 | 63 | $108,081 |
| 2003 | — | — | 23 | $111,083 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | $109,946 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | $124,243 |
| 2000 | — | — | 11 | $121,003 |
| 1999 | — | — | 36 | $118,757 |
| 1998 | — | — | 9 | $110,752 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | $108,599 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | $106,292 |
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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.