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

In 2025 City of Toronto listed 13,079 employees with a median of $128,018; Town of Lakeshore listed 42 with a median of $123,253 — that is 4% more at the median for City of Toronto, and City of Toronto lists 311× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Lakeshore
42

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Lakeshore
$123,253

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Lakeshore
$135,687

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Lakeshore
$5.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Lakeshore
City of Toronto and Town of Lakeshore, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Lakeshore: $116,897 in 2007 to $123,253 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 Lakeshore by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Lakeshore
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01842$123,253
202410,256$125,11835$122,961
20239,256$123,84828$129,435
20228,107$122,66726$115,908
20217,345$119,19319$116,580
20207,239$115,17815$115,745
20196,806$113,26713$117,734
20186,188$113,49310$108,858
20175,872$114,0199$115,306
20164,400$113,69911$110,668
20154,382$113,02113$103,671
20144,901$111,8606$119,329
20134,892$111,7937$120,900
20122,375$112,1277$118,950
20112,189$110,9736$115,021
20102,137$111,1285$118,696
20092,072$113,4476$115,416
20081,552$112,4787$110,506
20071,738$110,8958$116,897
2006989$108,239<5<5
2005732$109,811<5<5
2004503$111,467<5<5
2003527$114,005
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.