Natural Resources

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

Salary Name Position
$101,359.66
earned in 2012
DAN BARON Pilot 4
Natural Resources
$101,359.22
earned in 2012
CARL HANSSON Chief Pilot
Natural Resources
$101,304.32
earned in 2012
PAUL BERNIER District Manager, Chapleau
Natural Resources
$101,234.00
earned in 2012
PAUL SAMPSON Senior Science Advisor
Natural Resources
$101,195.42
earned in 2012
ROBERTA MARINIGH Coordinator, Enterprise Information & Information Technology Planning
Natural Resources
$101,121.80
earned in 2012
DEBORAH WEEDON District Manager, Kenora
Natural Resources
$100,934.82
earned in 2012
BRIAN SCHULZ Response Coordinator
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
DANIEL PUDDISTER Coordinator, Forest Science
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
STEVEN OSAWA Planning Resources Supervisor
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
DENNIS DONOVAN Coordinator, Wildlife Research
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
ERNEST HEERSCHAP Regional Enforcement Operations Manager, Northeast Region
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
BRAD GERRIE Regional Enforcement Operations Manager, Southern Great Lakes Operation
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
BETTY VANKERKHOF Supervisor Forest Health Unit
Natural Resources
$100,900.47
earned in 2012
WALTER ZAGROBELNY Manager, Wood Measurement Section
Natural Resources
$100,808.01
earned in 2012
RICHARD MUSSAKOWSKI Provincial Remote Sensing Specialist
Natural Resources
$100,804.34
earned in 2012
JEFFREY HENDERSON Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
Natural Resources
$100,739.03
earned in 2012
BRENT WOOD Twin Otter Pilot
Natural Resources
$100,702.43
earned in 2012
MICHAEL BRIENESSE Silviculture Guide and Policy Advisor
Natural Resources
$100,702.43
earned in 2012
JOSEPH MAURE Forestry Innovation Team Lead
Natural Resources
$100,673.38
earned in 2012
JEFFREY WALKER International Trade Specialist
Natural Resources
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Published March 2013

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2013

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Natural Resources, including:

2013 Ontario Sunshine List: Natural Resources Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Natural Resources's 316 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $35,651,086.76 in 2012.

At the top of the Natural Resources Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Natural Resources was Chief Information Officer JAMES HAMILTON, who brought home $215,603.95 in 2012.

Following JAMES HAMILTON was Deputy Minister VIRGINIA WEST, with annual earnings of $208,023.30. Deputy Minister DAVID O'TOOLE made $204,597.38, Chief Information Officer ROBERT HOLLIS made $201,641.44, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Transformation WILLIAM THORNTON round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $188,807.05 for the Natural Resources 2013 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2012, 192 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 110 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 10 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 4 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Natural Resources.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 192 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 110 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 10 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 4 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2013 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2013 Employers List.