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City of Toronto vs Town of Niagara-on-the-lake: who pays more?

City of Toronto had 13,079 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $128,018, Town of Niagara-on-the-lake 39 with a median of $118,598 — City of Toronto pays its listed staff 8% more at the median, and City of Toronto lists 335× as many people.

On the list

City of Toronto
13,079
Town of Niagara-on-the-lake
39

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

City of Toronto
$128,018
Town of Niagara-on-the-lake
$118,598

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

City of Toronto
$135,219
Town of Niagara-on-the-lake
$124,741

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

City of Toronto
$1.8B
Town of Niagara-on-the-lake
$4.9M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • City of Toronto
  • Town of Niagara-on-the-lake
City of Toronto and Town of Niagara-on-the-lake, 1996–2025City of Toronto: $107,575 in 1996 to $128,018 in 2025. Town of Niagara-on-the-lake: $113,064 in 2012 to $118,598 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 Niagara-on-the-lake by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCity of TorontoTown of Niagara-on-the-lake
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
202513,079$128,01839$118,598
202410,256$125,11830$121,352
20239,256$123,84828$125,517
20228,107$122,66725$113,206
20217,345$119,19325$114,664
20207,239$115,17822$118,937
20196,806$113,26722$113,417
20186,188$113,49314$113,859
20175,872$114,01914$109,420
20164,400$113,6996$109,613
20154,382$113,0218$113,757
20144,901$111,8609$107,609
20134,892$111,7938$112,045
20122,375$112,1275$113,064
20112,189$110,973<5<5
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
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.