Calgary city councillors, mayor get raise in 2023


Calgary's mayor and city councillors are getting a raise in 2023.


Councillor salaries will increase more the two per cent on Jan. 1, bringing the annual salary of a councillor to nearly $118,000 a year.


Mayor Jyoti Gondek is receiving close to $5,000 more, bringing her salary to just over $208,000.


The raises are automatic because they are based on a formula set by an independent board, which uses Statistics Canada's average weekly earnings for Alberta workers.


The annual salary of an Edmonton city councillor was $116, 672.11 in 2020, while the mayor in the provincial capital earned $206, 511.29.


The mayor of Vancouver earned $185, 595 plus an annual supplement of $3,048 in 2022. Councillors earned $91,879 plus an annual supplement of $3,048.


Toronto councillors earned $120,502.20 in 2022, while Mayor John Tory earned $202, 948.20.

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