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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Christopher Downham

First Class Firefighter · City Of Sarnia
First Class FirefighterOntarioFirst listed 2016
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$127,167.61
▲ 21.3% since 2016

Christopher Downham was paid $127,167.61 in total compensation as First Class Firefighter at City Of Sarnia in 2025, 27% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Downham has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2016, earning $1.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $118,806.00 a year, up 21% over that span.

That is 6% below the average disclosed pay of $135,932.91 across 315 listed City Of Sarnia employees.

$127,167.61
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.1M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$118,806.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+21.3%
Career growth
since 2016
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9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$101K$108K$115K$123K$130K201620172018201920202021202220242025
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Downham's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $127,167.61
Lifetime total compensation$1.1M
Annual average$118,806.00
Total growth since 2016+21.3%
Biggest raise+10.7% (2019)
Biggest drop-2.3% (2021)
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Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
First Class Firefighter$127,167.61▲ 0.3%
2024
First Class Firefighter$126,816.82▲ 4.3%
2022
First Class Firefighter$121,546.98▲ 0.1%
2021
First Class Firefighter$121,422.15▼ 2.3%
2020
First Class Firefighter$124,327.43▲ 0.6%
2019
First Class Firefighter$123,595.92▲ 10.7%
2018
First Class Firefighter$111,656.25▲ 3.5%
2017
First Class Firefighter$107,874.16▲ 2.9%
2016First
First Class Firefighter$104,842.88
9 years total$1.1M total$118,806.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
First Class Firefighter
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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