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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Christopher Appleton

First Class Firefighter · City Of Vaughan
First Class FirefighterOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$145,751.25
▲ 17.5% since 2013

Christopher Appleton was paid $145,751.25 in total compensation as First Class Firefighter at City Of Vaughan in 2025, 46% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Appleton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2013, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $127,129.00 a year, up 18% over that span.

That is 6% above the average disclosed pay of $137,103.41 across 1,028 listed City Of Vaughan employees.

$145,751.25
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$127,129.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+17.5%
Career growth
since 2013
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13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Appleton's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2022 · $204,461.83
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$127,129.00
Total growth since 2013+17.5%
Biggest raise+45.7% (2021)
Biggest drop-37.1% (2023)
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Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
First Class Firefighter$145,751.25▲ 12.4%
2024
First Class Firefighter$129,627.96▲ 0.9%
2023
$128,530.24▼ 37.1%
2022★ Best
First Class Firefighter$204,461.83▲ 24.6%
2021
First Class Firefighter$164,155.93▲ 45.7%
2020
First Class Firefighter$112,646.19▲ 2.8%
2019
First Class Firefighter$109,525.42▲ 1.7%
2018
First Class Firefighter$107,714.20▲ 1.6%
2017
First Class Firefighter↑ role changed$106,056.54▼ 4.0%
2016
1st Class Firefighter$110,419.67▲ 4.7%
2015
1st Class Firefighter$105,494.82▲ 1.2%
2014
1st Class Firefighter$104,288.13▼ 15.9%
2013First
1st Class Firefighter$124,009.16
13 years total$1.7M total$127,129.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
First Class Firefighter
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

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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