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Natural Resources and Forestry vs Ontario Provincial Police: who pays more?

Natural Resources and Forestry had 1,120 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $120,430, Ontario Provincial Police 7,684 with a median of $155,704 — Ontario Provincial Police pays its listed staff 29% more at the median, and Ontario Provincial Police lists 6.9× as many people.

On the list

Natural Resources and Forestry
1,120
Ontario Provincial Police
7,684

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Natural Resources and Forestry
$120,430
Ontario Provincial Police
$155,704

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Natural Resources and Forestry
$126,900
Ontario Provincial Police
$157,496

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Natural Resources and Forestry
$142.3M
Ontario Provincial Police
$1.2B

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Ontario Provincial Police
Natural Resources and Forestry and Ontario Provincial Police, 1996–2025Natural Resources and Forestry: $117,682 in 1997 to $120,430 in 2025. Ontario Provincial Police: $106,272 in 2018 to $155,704 in 2025.$0$50K$100K$150K$200K1996200620152025

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

Natural Resources and Forestry and Ontario Provincial Police by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearNatural Resources and ForestryOntario Provincial Police
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20251,120$120,4307,684$155,704
20241,164$115,8365,825$130,907
2023746$112,6055,329$128,709
20225,248$130,677
2021654$110,4355,370$125,051
2020556$108,7865,055$123,079
2019510$110,5935,062$120,197
2018546$109,1105$106,272
2017413$108,185
2016344$107,503
2015312$106,702
2014351$106,615
2013293$106,013
2012316$106,612
2011297$108,656
2010249$109,181
2009198$109,912
2008143$107,813
200785$109,205
200672$109,132
200557$106,013
200438$107,251
200352$106,192
200249$112,291
200122$111,176
200016$110,172
199919$108,519
19989$125,212
199710$117,682
1996<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.