City of Ottawa vs City of Toronto – Police Service: who pays more?
City of Ottawa had 5,181 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $117,638, City of Toronto – Police Service 7,083 with a median of $145,865 — that is 24% more at the median for City of Toronto – Police Service, and City of Toronto – Police Service lists 1.4× as many people.
On the list
- City of Ottawa
- 5,181
- City of Toronto – Police Service
- 7,083
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Ottawa
- $117,638
- City of Toronto – Police Service
- $145,865
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Ottawa
- $125,013
- City of Toronto – Police Service
- $149,572
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Ottawa
- $651.5M
- City of Toronto – Police Service
- $1.1B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Ottawa
- City of Toronto – Police Service
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 | City of Toronto – Police Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 5,181 | $117,638 | 7,083 | $145,865 |
| 2024 | 4,686 | $116,555 | 6,114 | $138,802 |
| 2023 | 3,913 | $115,592 | 5,588 | $133,818 |
| 2022 | 4,150 | $116,643 | 5,198 | $131,779 |
| 2021 | 3,285 | $113,172 | 5,025 | $126,832 |
| 2020 | 3,375 | $116,411 | 4,589 | $126,676 |
| 2019 | 3,251 | $112,390 | 4,876 | $125,889 |
| 2018 | 2,484 | $110,567 | 4,963 | $122,012 |
| 2017 | 2,115 | $111,625 | 4,828 | $117,818 |
| 2016 | 1,666 | $110,708 | 4,762 | $116,570 |
| 2015 | 1,885 | $110,367 | 4,645 | $116,868 |
| 2014 | 1,153 | $111,505 | 4,130 | $114,349 |
| 2013 | 1,149 | $110,967 | 2,987 | $110,255 |
| 2012 | 820 | $110,300 | 3,186 | $110,290 |
| 2011 | 781 | $110,248 | 2,033 | $108,098 |
| 2010 | 691 | $110,813 | 2,170 | $109,328 |
| 2009 | 722 | $110,103 | 1,330 | $107,608 |
| 2008 | 980 | $113,067 | 1,006 | $106,753 |
| 2007 | 195 | $110,585 | 769 | $106,978 |
| 2006 | 241 | $108,920 | 707 | $106,895 |
| 2005 | 191 | $107,169 | 279 | $110,132 |
| 2004 | 124 | $107,920 | 240 | $108,793 |
| 2003 | 192 | $107,317 | 181 | $107,044 |
| 2002 | 123 | $111,099 | 78 | $108,634 |
| 2001 | 80 | $110,700 | 84 | $107,041 |
| 2000 | 23 | $109,334 | 55 | $108,383 |
| 1999 | 14 | $110,072 | 46 | $105,423 |
| 1998 | — | — | 39 | $105,275 |
| 1997 | 8 | $105,591 | 15 | $111,526 |
| 1996 | 5 | $113,399 | — | — |
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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.