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City of St Catharines vs City of Toronto: who pays more?

In 2025 City of St Catharines listed 305 employees with a median of $131,933; City of Toronto listed 13,079 with a median of $128,018 — City of St Catharines pays its listed staff 3% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 43× as many people.

On the list

City of St Catharines
305
City of Toronto
13,079

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of St Catharines
$131,933
City of Toronto
$128,018

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of St Catharines
$136,848
City of Toronto
$135,219

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of St Catharines
$42.1M
City of Toronto
$1.8B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of St Catharines
  • City of Toronto
City of St Catharines and City of Toronto, 1996–2025City of St Catharines: $106,205 in 2003 to $131,933 in 2025. City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 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 St Catharines and City of Toronto by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of St CatharinesCity of Toronto
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025305$131,93313,079$128,018
2024242$130,80510,256$125,118
2023203$130,6879,256$123,848
2022206$131,5148,107$122,667
2021197$124,3487,345$119,193
2020185$121,4377,239$115,178
2019173$121,8546,806$113,267
2018182$130,1896,188$113,493
2017151$114,6035,872$114,019
2016167$120,3664,400$113,699
2015116$110,1974,382$113,021
2014106$109,8334,901$111,860
201369$114,6074,892$111,793
201271$111,2682,375$112,127
201161$106,3192,189$110,973
201077$107,0502,137$111,128
2009137$116,5032,072$113,447
200817$115,1701,552$112,478
200713$113,6661,738$110,895
200612$117,321989$108,239
20059$115,336732$109,811
20047$106,442503$111,467
20037$106,205527$114,005
2002<5<5407$114,334
2001<5<5198$112,434
2000<5<5205$114,732
1999<5<5116$107,570
1998<5<5100$108,055
1997<5<552$110,437
1996<5<534$107,575

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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.