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title: "Ottawa councillors and mayor set for pay raise in 2027 under governance review"
description: "The 2026-30 Council Governance Review proposes raising councillor pay from $119,692 to $137,000 and the mayor's salary from $213,921 to $228,000, with the increases going into the 2027 draft budget."
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Ottawa city councillors are set to see their salaries rise from $119,692 to $137,000 in 2027, and Mayor [Mark Sutcliffe](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/mark-sutcliffe)'s pay would go from $213,921 to $228,000, under a governance review whose recommendations will go into the 2027 draft budget, CTV Ottawa reported on November 12.

The increases are part of the 2026-30 Council Governance Review, which Council directed staff to prepare in September 2025, CTV reports. The review benchmarks Ottawa elected officials' pay against the average for single-tier comparator municipalities in Ontario and proposes raising salaries to match that average.

## What the review proposes

The salary for a councillor would rise by $17,308 under the proposal, from $119,692 to $137,000, CTV reports. The last adjustment was in 2024, when councillors received a raise as part of a new collective agreement for City of Ottawa employees. That agreement included a retroactive increase for 2023, bringing base councillor pay to $116,735 in 2024.

Mayor Sutcliffe's salary would increase by $14,079 under the proposal, from $213,921 to $228,000, CTV reports.

## How the review was done

CTV reports that the review was carried out by MNP Business Consulting and Advisory Services LLP. MNP had completed a mid-term governance review in 2024 but did not make a salary recommendation at that time, noting instead that the City should consider implementing a regular market review process every two to three years, with any adjustments to take effect at the start of a new council term.

The 2026-30 governance review acted on that recommendation. CTV reports that the Governance Review document says council has the authority to set salaries and adjustments for the mayor and councillors, and that salaries have historically been set through third-party reviews.

## What a councillor said

Councillor Shawn Menard told Newstalk 580 CFRA's Ottawa at Work with Kristy Cameron that the approach makes sense, CTV reports. "Some might say it should be less because, you know, that's not the primary objective of being a political person and I agree, it's to serve the public," Menard said. "Some people say it should be more because you want to attract good people to those jobs and we're seeing people run uncontested. At the end of the day, there's no great way to do this, but I think the way they're going about it, on the staff side, to look at the data and come out with the average makes a lot of sense."

## What comes next

CTV reports that the newly elected council is sworn in on November 15 and holds its first full meeting on November 25. The salary increases would be included in the 2027 draft budget, which council reviews and approves as part of the annual budget process.

Residents who want to follow the budget process can find meeting agendas and minutes at pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com, the City's public meetings calendar.

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