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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
19962025

  • City of Ottawa
  • City of Toronto – Police Service
City of Ottawa and City of Toronto – Police Service, 1996–2025City of Ottawa: $113,399 in 1996 to $117,638 in 2025. City of Toronto – Police Service: $111,526 in 1997 to $145,865 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 and City of Toronto – Police Service by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of OttawaCity of Toronto – Police Service
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20255,181$117,6387,083$145,865
20244,686$116,5556,114$138,802
20233,913$115,5925,588$133,818
20224,150$116,6435,198$131,779
20213,285$113,1725,025$126,832
20203,375$116,4114,589$126,676
20193,251$112,3904,876$125,889
20182,484$110,5674,963$122,012
20172,115$111,6254,828$117,818
20161,666$110,7084,762$116,570
20151,885$110,3674,645$116,868
20141,153$111,5054,130$114,349
20131,149$110,9672,987$110,255
2012820$110,3003,186$110,290
2011781$110,2482,033$108,098
2010691$110,8132,170$109,328
2009722$110,1031,330$107,608
2008980$113,0671,006$106,753
2007195$110,585769$106,978
2006241$108,920707$106,895
2005191$107,169279$110,132
2004124$107,920240$108,793
2003192$107,317181$107,044
2002123$111,09978$108,634
200180$110,70084$107,041
200023$109,33455$108,383
199914$110,07246$105,423
199839$105,275
19978$105,59115$111,526
19965$113,399

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.