City of Owen Sound Salaries: What the Sunshine List Really Shows

Owen Sound’s Sunshine List continues to grow, but inflation, arbitration-driven wages, and staffing costs tell a more complete story.

Ontario’s latest public sector salary disclosure list is out, and at the City of Owen Sound, it captures far more workers than it once did.

That’s because the $100,000 threshold — unchanged since 1996 — no longer reflects the same level of earnings. Based on inflation, it would sit closer to $182,000 today.

Applying the inflation-adjusted threshold reduce…