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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
19962025

  • City of Ottawa
  • City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
City of Ottawa and City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission, 1996–2025City of Ottawa: $113,399 in 1996 to $117,638 in 2025. City of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission: $103,243 in 1996 to $114,939 in 2025.$0$25K$50K$75K$100K$125K1996200620152025

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 – Toronto Transit Commission by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of OttawaCity of Toronto – Toronto Transit Commission
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20255,181$117,6389,614$114,939
20244,686$116,5556,842$113,956
20233,913$115,5924,784$110,842
20224,150$116,6434,804$111,732
20213,285$113,1723,277$110,957
20203,375$116,4113,171$110,363
20193,251$112,3903,033$112,429
20182,484$110,5672,734$110,737
20172,115$111,6252,632$112,033
20161,666$110,7082,307$111,437
20151,885$110,3672,143$112,296
20141,153$111,5052,075$114,158
20131,149$110,9671,748$110,170
2012820$110,3001,395$109,843
2011781$110,2481,158$109,780
2010691$110,8131,013$109,733
2009722$110,103724$109,587
2008980$113,067548$107,862
2007195$110,585388$105,448
2006241$108,920277$105,749
2005191$107,169134$111,608
2004124$107,92095$108,866
2003192$107,31786$109,773
2002123$111,09948$121,025
200180$110,70034$121,811
200023$109,33436$115,889
199914$110,07228$112,970
199826$113,847
19978$105,59123$109,415
19965$113,39924$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.