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City of Toronto vs Town of Grimsby: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Grimsby 33 with a median of $129,176 — that is 1% more at the median for Town of Grimsby, and City of Toronto lists 396× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Grimsby
33

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Grimsby
$129,176

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Grimsby
$132,867

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Grimsby
$4.4M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Grimsby
City of Toronto and Town of Grimsby, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Grimsby: $104,651 in 2011 to $129,176 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 Grimsby by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Grimsby
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01833$129,176
202410,256$125,11825$127,422
20239,256$123,84824$119,624
20228,107$122,66726$115,798
20217,345$119,19320$116,222
20207,239$115,17819$115,573
20196,806$113,26713$111,480
20186,188$113,49315$105,572
20175,872$114,0195$123,519
20164,400$113,6996$117,580
20154,382$113,0216$115,227
20144,901$111,8606$111,764
20134,892$111,7936$109,436
20122,375$112,1276$107,596
20112,189$110,9736$104,651
20102,137$111,128<5<5
20092,072$113,447<5<5
20081,552$112,478<5<5
20071,738$110,895<5<5
2006989$108,239<5<5
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005<5<5
2002407$114,334
2001198$112,434
2000205$114,732
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.