Canada · Public Sector Salary DisclosureEdition 2025
RD
On the 2016 Sunshine List · 7 years

Robert Dowdall

Police Chief · Town of Smiths Falls
2016 Total Compensation Paid
$157,289.70
▲ 38.0% since 2010

Robert Dowdall was paid $157,289.70 in total compensation as Police Chief at Town of Smiths Falls in 2016, 57% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Robert Dowdall has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2010, earning $957K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $136,658.00 a year, up 38% over that span.

That is 21% above the average disclosed pay of $129,735.29 across 38 listed Town of Smiths Falls employees.

$157,289.70
Latest compensation
in 2016
$957K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$136,658.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+38.0%
Career growth
since 2010
SHARE

Share this record

Download a card to post or send.

FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$120K$134K$148K$162K2010201120122013201420152016
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Robert Dowdall's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2016 · $157,289.70
Lifetime total compensation$957K
Annual average$136,658.00
Total growth since 2010+38.0%
Biggest raise+13.9% (2011)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2016Latest★ Best
Police Chief↑ role changed$157,289.70▲ 8.9%
2015
Chief of Police$144,493.52▲ 0.1%
2014
Chief of Police↑ role changed$144,409.04▲ 7.7%
2013
Chief of Police, Smiths Falls Police Service↑ role changed$134,120.54▲ 1.2%
2012
Chief of Police↑ role changed$132,468.04▲ 2.0%
2011
Deputy Chief of Police$129,852.79▲ 13.9%
2010First
Deputy Chief of Police$113,975.82
7 years total$957K total$136,658.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Police Chief
Sector
Municipalities and Services
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2010
Latest disclosure
2016
Years on list
7

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.

Name removal

This data comes from official government disclosures. For removal requests, contact the Ontario government directly.

Request removal →