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Toronto Metropolitan University vs University of Ottawa: who pays more?

Toronto Metropolitan University had 2,039 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $145,594, University of Ottawa 2,861 with a median of $144,819 — Toronto Metropolitan University pays its listed staff 1% more at the median, and University of Ottawa lists 1.4× as many people.

On the list

Toronto Metropolitan University
2,039
University of Ottawa
2,861

employees paid $100K+, 2025

Median salary

Toronto Metropolitan University
$145,594
University of Ottawa
$144,819

salary paid, 2025

Average salary

Toronto Metropolitan University
$163,459
University of Ottawa
$158,196

salary paid, 2025

Listed payroll

Toronto Metropolitan University
$335.3M
University of Ottawa
$452.7M

total compensation, 2025

Median salary by year
19962025

  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • University of Ottawa
Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Ottawa, 1996–2025Toronto Metropolitan University: $111,128 in 1996 to $145,594 in 2025. University of Ottawa: $104,691 in 1996 to $144,819 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

Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Ottawa by year: people on the Sunshine List and median salary
YearToronto Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of Ottawa
PeopleMedianPeopleMedian
20252,039$145,5942,861$144,819
20241,935$146,7002,244$160,342
20231,847$146,0792,047$151,849
20221,641$147,8521,949$153,018
20211,601$146,6111,850$153,279
20201,448$147,3871,675$154,271
20191,363$148,5461,595$153,684
20181,280$144,6231,530$150,159
20171,201$145,6071,496$148,005
20161,192$144,4051,440$143,194
20151,046$142,6321,400$139,168
20141,022$139,0191,279$136,994
2013946$135,5531,246$136,210
2012892$133,4851,047$129,308
2011790$128,0751,023$127,645
2010756$125,206967$126,911
2009704$123,186861$125,466
2008548$119,637685$118,823
2007489$118,593627$119,297
2006393$116,299650$123,727
2005324$114,150369$113,153
2004276$110,542341$112,404
2003263$111,826303$113,834
200276$111,901260$112,565
200180$112,433207$112,783
200066$110,433148$110,600
199971$106,238155$109,136
199830$106,492126$108,154
199729$105,637107$106,980
199617$111,12876$104,691

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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: Universities. Data runs through 2025.