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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Sam Gainer

Firefighter Operation · City Of Toronto
Firefighter OperationOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$149,484.57
▲ 41.6% since 2017

Sam Gainer was paid $149,484.57 in total compensation as Firefighter Operation at City Of Toronto in 2025, 49% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Sam Gainer has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $137,812.00 a year, up 42% over that span.

That is 11% above the average disclosed pay of $135,219.40 across 13,079 listed City Of Toronto employees.

$149,484.57
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$137,812.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+41.6%
Career growth
since 2017
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9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$86K$121K$156K$191K$226K201720182019202020212022202320242025
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2022 · $213,034.53
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$137,812.00
Total growth since 2017+41.6%
Biggest raise+41.9% (2022)
Biggest drop-29.5% (2023)
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Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Firefighter Operation$149,484.57▲ 5.3%
2024
Firefighter Operation$142,000.08▼ 5.5%
2023
$150,279.72▼ 29.5%
2022★ Best
Firefighter Operation$213,034.53▲ 41.9%
2021
Firefighter Operation$150,146.40▲ 30.3%
2020
Firefighter Operation$115,260.40▲ 6.9%
2019
Firefighter Operation$107,776.46▲ 1.0%
2018
Firefighter Operation$106,723.06▲ 1.1%
2017First
Firefighter Operation$105,602.49
9 years total$1.2M total$137,812.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Firefighter Operation
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
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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