What was the largest increase in disclosed pay at City of Toronto in 2023?

City of Toronto's largest increase in disclosed pay in 2023: $150,037 to $252,235, up 68.1%; it went to Bikram Chawla. Across 4,172 people whose disclosed pay increased that year, the median increase was 5.9%.

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Bikram Chawla →

Largest increase (by dollars)

$102,198

Bikram Chawla · +68.1%

Had an increase

4,172

2022 → 2023

Median increase

+5.9%

among those who had one

On the list

9,256

2023 Sunshine List

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
City of Toronto · 2022 → 2023

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

Bikram Chawla+68.1%
Chief Paramedic Services
$150,037 → $252,235
Swarnamugi Perinparajah+91.9%
Deputy Director Legal Services
$100,342 → $192,522
Paul Andrew Raftis+33.4%
Deputy City Manager Community And Social Services
$261,555 → $348,971
Tara L Anderson+48.4%
Auditor General
$171,472 → $254,438
William M Johnston+32.8%
Deputy City Manager Infrastructure And Development Services
$242,987 → $322,798
Hussain Haider Ali+64.8%
Director Workforce Management
$122,919 → $202,630
Christopher J. Henderson+46.7%
Deputy Director Legal Services
$153,574 → $225,366
Brian King+46.3%
Firefighter Operation
$142,445 → $208,424
Adam Mcfadden+51.2%
Firefighter Operation
$124,186 → $187,761
Ricky Brooks+61.7%
District Chief Staff Services
$102,498 → $165,776

1,779 people were new to City of Toronto's list in 2023; 678 who were on it in 2022 were not. See the full 2023 roster →

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Method. Figures are salary paid, the same basis the year pages use for their movers sections. A mover is excluded from the raises above when their 2022 record was their first year at City of Toronto (a partial year, such as a September hire, that a full second year then dwarfs and misreads as an outsized raise), or when their 2023 record is their very last on the Sunshine List — a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real change in pay until next year's data confirms it. This page does not list pay cuts: even the province-wide 2023 Sunshine List omits cuts for its own most recent year, since a partial final year before leaving looks identical to a real cut until next year’s data arrives — that same reasoning applies to every employer, in every year, so cuts are left off this page entirely rather than showing them in some years and not others. Counts under five people show “<5”. Data runs through 2025. The 2023 figures were published here on .