Trent University vs University of Ottawa: who pays more?
Trent University had 454 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $141,421, University of Ottawa 2,861 with a median of $144,819 — that is 2% more at the median for University of Ottawa, and University of Ottawa lists 6.3× as many people.
On the list
- Trent University
- 454
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- Trent University
- $141,421
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- Trent University
- $155,289
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- Trent University
- $70.8M
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- Trent University
- University of Ottawa
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
| Year | Trent University | University of Ottawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 454 | $141,421 | 2,861 | $144,819 |
| 2024 | 413 | $138,948 | 2,244 | $160,342 |
| 2023 | 373 | $140,095 | 2,047 | $151,849 |
| 2022 | 329 | $144,567 | 1,949 | $153,018 |
| 2021 | 338 | $147,263 | 1,850 | $153,279 |
| 2020 | 332 | $148,216 | 1,675 | $154,271 |
| 2019 | 251 | $144,048 | 1,595 | $153,684 |
| 2018 | 261 | $145,506 | 1,530 | $150,159 |
| 2017 | 237 | $143,474 | 1,496 | $148,005 |
| 2016 | 230 | $139,864 | 1,440 | $143,194 |
| 2015 | 249 | $135,307 | 1,400 | $139,168 |
| 2014 | 240 | $134,695 | 1,279 | $136,994 |
| 2013 | 234 | $130,646 | 1,246 | $136,210 |
| 2012 | 229 | $128,684 | 1,047 | $129,308 |
| 2011 | 221 | $127,776 | 1,023 | $127,645 |
| 2010 | 211 | $128,507 | 967 | $126,911 |
| 2009 | 207 | $127,675 | 861 | $125,466 |
| 2008 | 171 | $127,489 | 685 | $118,823 |
| 2007 | 155 | $124,032 | 627 | $119,297 |
| 2006 | 143 | $124,518 | 650 | $123,727 |
| 2005 | 141 | $119,587 | 369 | $113,153 |
| 2004 | 118 | $115,329 | 341 | $112,404 |
| 2003 | 94 | $113,406 | 303 | $113,834 |
| 2002 | 62 | $109,782 | 260 | $112,565 |
| 2001 | 40 | $105,762 | 207 | $112,783 |
| 2000 | 44 | $104,099 | 148 | $110,600 |
| 1999 | 45 | $104,780 | 155 | $109,136 |
| 1998 | 36 | $102,499 | 126 | $108,154 |
| 1997 | 12 | $104,677 | 107 | $106,980 |
| 1996 | <5 | <5 | 76 | $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.