University of Ottawa vs University of Toronto: who pays more?
University of Ottawa had 2,861 people on the 2025 Sunshine List with a median of $144,819, University of Toronto 7,392 with a median of $147,726 — that is 2% more at the median for University of Toronto, and University of Toronto lists 2.6× as many people.
On the list
- University of Ottawa
- 2,861
- University of Toronto
- 7,392
employees paid $100K+, 2025
Median salary
- University of Ottawa
- $144,819
- University of Toronto
- $147,726
salary paid, 2025
Average salary
- University of Ottawa
- $158,196
- University of Toronto
- $171,936
salary paid, 2025
Listed payroll
- University of Ottawa
- $452.7M
- University of Toronto
- $1.3B
total compensation, 2025
Median salary by year
1996–2025
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto
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 | University of Ottawa | University of Toronto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People | Median | People | Median | |
| 2025 | 2,861 | $144,819 | 7,392 | $147,726 |
| 2024 | 2,244 | $160,342 | 6,872 | $143,076 |
| 2023 | 2,047 | $151,849 | 5,946 | $148,826 |
| 2022 | 1,949 | $153,018 | 5,246 | $145,029 |
| 2021 | 1,850 | $153,279 | 4,984 | $143,828 |
| 2020 | 1,675 | $154,271 | 4,728 | $143,914 |
| 2019 | 1,595 | $153,684 | 4,342 | $146,809 |
| 2018 | 1,530 | $150,159 | 4,037 | $145,839 |
| 2017 | 1,496 | $148,005 | 3,738 | $146,477 |
| 2016 | 1,440 | $143,194 | 3,547 | $149,347 |
| 2015 | 1,400 | $139,168 | 3,288 | $143,402 |
| 2014 | 1,279 | $136,994 | 3,195 | $142,458 |
| 2013 | 1,246 | $136,210 | 3,032 | $142,349 |
| 2012 | 1,047 | $129,308 | 2,854 | $141,473 |
| 2011 | 1,023 | $127,645 | 2,739 | $140,444 |
| 2010 | 967 | $126,911 | 2,488 | $137,608 |
| 2009 | 861 | $125,466 | 2,370 | $136,050 |
| 2008 | 685 | $118,823 | 2,225 | $134,075 |
| 2007 | 627 | $119,297 | 2,034 | $131,429 |
| 2006 | 650 | $123,727 | 1,892 | $130,307 |
| 2005 | 369 | $113,153 | 1,609 | $125,488 |
| 2004 | 341 | $112,404 | 1,507 | $123,035 |
| 2003 | 303 | $113,834 | 1,443 | $121,868 |
| 2002 | 260 | $112,565 | 1,184 | $116,049 |
| 2001 | 207 | $112,783 | 1,093 | $114,648 |
| 2000 | 148 | $110,600 | 952 | $112,709 |
| 1999 | 155 | $109,136 | 805 | $110,883 |
| 1998 | 126 | $108,154 | 687 | $109,728 |
| 1997 | 107 | $106,980 | 630 | $109,879 |
| 1996 | 76 | $104,691 | 517 | $109,988 |
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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.