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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Christopher Newstead

Firefighter · City Of Hamilton
FirefighterOntarioFirst listed 2018
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$196,774.63
▲ 58.2% since 2018

Christopher Newstead was paid $196,774.63 in total compensation as Firefighter at City Of Hamilton in 2025, 97% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Newstead has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2018, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $148,992.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 48% above the average disclosed pay of $133,049.99 across 3,382 listed City Of Hamilton employees.

$196,774.63
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$148,992.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+58.2%
Career growth
since 2018
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8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$109K$133K$157K$181K$206K20182019202020212022202320242025
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The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Newstead's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $196,774.63
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$148,992.00
Total growth since 2018+58.2%
Biggest raise+34.9% (2024)
Biggest drop-11.8% (2023)
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Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Firefighter$196,774.63▲ 3.1%
2024
Firefighter$190,867.06▲ 34.9%
2023
$141,517.19▼ 11.8%
2022
Firefighter$160,516.71▲ 23.5%
2021
Firefighter$129,961.27▲ 6.3%
2020
Firefighter$122,204.47▼ 2.8%
2019
Firefighter$125,670.30▲ 1.0%
2018First
Firefighter$124,422.32
8 years total$1.2M total$148,992.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Firefighter
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2018
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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