City of Ottawa vs City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: who pays more?
In 2025 City of Ottawa listed 5,181 employees with a median of $117,638; City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission listed 9,614 with a median of $114,939 — that is 2% more at the median for City of Ottawa, and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission lists 1.9× as many people.
On the list
- City of Ottawa
- 5,181
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- 9,614
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- City of Ottawa
- $117,638
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $114,939
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- City of Ottawa
- $125,013
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $121,680
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- City of Ottawa
- $651.5M
- City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
- $1.2B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- City of Ottawa
- 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 | City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 5,181 | $117,638 | 9,614 | $114,939 |
| 2024 | 4,686 | $116,555 | 6,842 | $113,956 |
| 2023 | 3,913 | $115,592 | 4,784 | $110,842 |
| 2022 | 4,150 | $116,643 | 4,804 | $111,732 |
| 2021 | 3,285 | $113,172 | 3,277 | $110,957 |
| 2020 | 3,375 | $116,411 | 3,171 | $110,363 |
| 2019 | 3,251 | $112,390 | 3,033 | $112,429 |
| 2018 | 2,484 | $110,567 | 2,734 | $110,737 |
| 2017 | 2,115 | $111,625 | 2,632 | $112,033 |
| 2016 | 1,666 | $110,708 | 2,307 | $111,437 |
| 2015 | 1,885 | $110,367 | 2,143 | $112,296 |
| 2014 | 1,153 | $111,505 | 2,075 | $114,158 |
| 2013 | 1,149 | $110,967 | 1,748 | $110,170 |
| 2012 | 820 | $110,300 | 1,395 | $109,843 |
| 2011 | 781 | $110,248 | 1,158 | $109,780 |
| 2010 | 691 | $110,813 | 1,013 | $109,733 |
| 2009 | 722 | $110,103 | 724 | $109,587 |
| 2008 | 980 | $113,067 | 548 | $107,862 |
| 2007 | 195 | $110,585 | 388 | $105,448 |
| 2006 | 241 | $108,920 | 277 | $105,749 |
| 2005 | 191 | $107,169 | 134 | $111,608 |
| 2004 | 124 | $107,920 | 95 | $108,866 |
| 2003 | 192 | $107,317 | 86 | $109,773 |
| 2002 | 123 | $111,099 | 48 | $121,025 |
| 2001 | 80 | $110,700 | 34 | $121,811 |
| 2000 | 23 | $109,334 | 36 | $115,889 |
| 1999 | 14 | $110,072 | 28 | $112,970 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | $113,847 |
| 1997 | 8 | $105,591 | 23 | $109,415 |
| 1996 | 5 | $113,399 | 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.