615 Cornwall public-sector employees earned $100,000 or more on the 2025 Ontario Sunshine List, with an average salary of $127,162 and a median of $120,392. The highest-paid was Jeanette Despatie (Chief Executive Officer/Directrice générale at Cornwall Community Hospital) at $374,034. The City of Cornwall, Cornwall Community Hospital, and the Cornwall Police.
These figures cover public-sector employers named for Cornwall — its municipal government, police, transit, school boards, hospitals, and universities that carry the city’s name. Employees at organizations whose names don’t include “Cornwall” (some hospitals and regional bodies) aren’t captured here. Records span 1996–2025.