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City of Toronto vs Town of Fort Erie: who pays more?

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Fort Erie listed 57 with a median of $116,282 — that is 10% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 229× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Fort Erie
57

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Fort Erie
$116,282

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Fort Erie
$127,510

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Fort Erie
$7.3M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Fort Erie
City of Toronto and Town of Fort Erie, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Fort Erie: $109,270 in 2003 to $116,282 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 Toronto and Town of Fort Erie by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Fort Erie
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01857$116,282
202410,256$125,11842$115,646
20239,256$123,84835$114,827
20228,107$122,66728$112,860
20217,345$119,19325$114,106
20207,239$115,17824$112,659
20196,806$113,26718$112,867
20186,188$113,49322$110,786
20175,872$114,01910$117,359
20164,400$113,69914$112,957
20154,382$113,02113$109,756
20144,901$111,86012$106,354
20134,892$111,79310$104,437
20122,375$112,12710$108,193
20112,189$110,9739$103,387
20102,137$111,1289$121,449
20092,072$113,4477$125,347
20081,552$112,4786$127,421
20071,738$110,8955$120,809
2006989$108,2395$115,259
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,0055$109,270
2002407$114,334<5<5
2001198$112,434<5<5
2000205$114,732<5<5
1999116$107,570
1998100$108,055
199752$110,437
199634$107,575

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.