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Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security vs Ontario Provincial Police: who pays more?

In 2025 Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security listed 219 employees with a median of $127,798; Ontario Provincial Police listed 7,684 with a median of $155,704 — that is 22% more at the median for Ontario Provincial Police, and Ontario Provincial Police lists 35× as many people.

On the list

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
219
Ontario Provincial Police
7,684

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$127,798
Ontario Provincial Police
$155,704

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$135,829
Ontario Provincial Police
$157,496

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
$29.8M
Ontario Provincial Police
$1.2B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
20182025

  • Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
  • Ontario Provincial Police
Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and Ontario Provincial Police, 2018–2025Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security: $110,686 in 2020 to $127,798 in 2025. Ontario Provincial Police: $106,272 in 2018 to $155,704 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2018202020232025

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

Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security and Ontario Provincial Police by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearColleges, Universities, Research Excellence and SecurityOntario Provincial Police
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025219$127,7987,684$155,704
2024182$124,7435,825$130,907
2023148$115,4365,329$128,709
2022119$113,6805,248$130,677
2021126$111,6455,370$125,051
2020109$110,6865,055$123,079
20195,062$120,197
20185$106,272

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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: Government of Ontario – Ministries. Data runs through 2025.