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Culture vs Ontario Provincial Police: who pays more?

Culture last filed 12 employees in 2009 with a median of $112,779; Ontario Provincial Police filed 7,684 in 2025 with a median of $155,704 — Ontario Provincial Police (2025) pays its listed staff 38% more at the median, and Ontario Provincial Police lists 640× as many people. The two are compared at their own latest filings.

Culture last filed in 2009, so the two sides below are each shown at their own most recent filing.

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On the list

Culture
12
Ontario Provincial Police
7,684

employees paid $100K+, each at its latest year

Median salary

Culture
$112,779
Ontario Provincial Police
$155,704

salary paid, each at its latest year

Average salary

Culture
$126,836
Ontario Provincial Police
$157,496

salary paid, each at its latest year

Listed payroll

Culture
$1.5M
Ontario Provincial Police
$1.2B

total compensation, each at its latest year

Median salary by year
2002–2025

  • Culture
  • Ontario Provincial Police
Culture and Ontario Provincial Police, 2002–2025Culture: $159,475 in 2006 to $112,779 in 2009. Ontario Provincial Police: $106,272 in 2018 to $155,704 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K2002200720202025

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

Culture and Ontario Provincial Police by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearCultureOntario Provincial Police
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
2025——7,684$155,704
2024——5,825$130,907
2023——5,329$128,709
2022——5,248$130,677
2021——5,370$125,051
2020——5,055$123,079
2019——5,062$120,197
2018——5$106,272
200912$112,779——
200811$116,500——
20075$113,872——
20065$159,475——
2005<5<5——
2004<5<5——
2003<5<5——
2002<5<5——

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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. The 2025 figures were published here on .